GWS 220 Lecture Notes - Bornean Orangutan, Primatology, Jane Goodall
10 May 2013
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Women in modern science: student led discussion: Gender- social and cultural differences: science. A set of practices and a body of knowledge delineated by a community. Understanding the language of science is critical: basic scienticing terms. Surveys: sampling of a subset of individuals from a populations in order to make statistical inferences, survey design and implementation can strongly affect outcomes, 9 out of 10. Tools used to compare and validate data. Study of the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. Scientists interpret data based on thier background knowledge and experience. Study design adefects results, and ultimately interpretation. Allows other researchers to access your interpretation: laws vs hypotheses. Laws differ from hypotheses and postulates, which are proposed during the scientific process before and during validation by experiment and observation. With sufficient verification and genreal application, eventually leads: science: affected by percaptions to the formation of a law. Suggest what the observations tell us about the system and possible implications.
