ANT205H5 Lecture Notes - Observer-Expectancy Effect, Naturalistic Observation, Scientific Literature
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Evaluate: methods, theories, published articles etc, also evidence. Particularly in forensic sciences: serious consequences, produce chain of evidence strong enough to provide a solution. Will need to do this in assignment ** Argument: statement based on observable evidence. Unsupported assertion: bare statement with no supporting evidence. Appeal to authority: evidence to support claim is someone other than author, offers no observable evidence. Literature review: summarized state of knowledge, focus on primary sources, reader can refer to original article to evaluate. Stated at beginning and repeated in conclusions. Scientific paper test hypothesis: hypothesis = statement that attempts to describe and explain a group of observations. Causal - e. g. temp increases = rate of decomposition increases. Non-causal e. g. pelvis is better indicator of sex than skull: prediction experiment tests. In assignment define terms like what is forensic anthro *: criteria used, can be repeated by others.
