BIOL 1500 Chapter Notes -Herpetology, Scientific Misconduct, Uptodate
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Science is not memorizing what is already known but is using the process of science to discover something new and unknown. Scientific method- process of making observations, proposing ideas about how something works, testing those ideas, discarding (modifying) our ideas in response to the test results. Allows us to solve problems and answer questions efficiently and effectively. Science is the process of testing hypothesis statements about how the natural work works. Proposed explanation for one or more observations- something which is viewed once or more times. Must be t estable- hypothesis through observations of the measurable universe must be possible to evaluate a. Supernatural- not constrained by any laws of nature, and its behavior cannot be predicted using our current understanding of the natural word. Must be falsifiable- an observation(s) could potentially prove it false. Inductive reasoning- combining a series of specific observations to discern a general principle. Hypothesis generation-different factors, logical and creative, influence hypotheses development.