HSCI 130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tuberculosis, Joseph Goldberger, Pellagra

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSCI 130
• Professor: Rochelle Tucker

Document Summary

Hsci 130 midterm: abstraction of reality (statement of reality, expressed in language or symbol, definable, illustrates aspects of a phenomenon, organizes out observations about phenomena, element of a theory. Fact : a thing which is indisputable, used as evidence for the truth, an actual occurrence, can be verified by repeat experiments or mathematical facts or logical proofs. Data : datum is singular form of data, facts and statistics which are collected together for reference, results of measurement, information. Statements : a definite expression of something in speech, official accounts of facts. Theory : set of concepts and statements which can be linked together to form a theory. If this equals this then all of this must equal this: constructed for a purpose to describe, explain, predict or control, it can be proven right or wrong, phenomenon then becomes theory then becomes fact, requires support. Phenomenon : situation which is observed to be true, remarkable person or thing.