PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Scientific Progress, Research, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Scientists believe that they understand events when they can explain the reasons for the occurring of the event. Hypothesis: a tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables. Collect the data: data collection technologies: procedures for making empirical observations and measurements. Analyze the data and draw conclusions: observations in the study are usually converted into numbers, researchers use statistics to analyze their data. Report the findings: scientific progress can only happen if researchers share their findings o narrowly defined area of inquiry. Journal: a periodical that publishes technical and scholarly material, usually in a. Advantages of the scientific approach: the scientific approach offers two major advantages, clarity and precision formulate hypotheses. Requires people to specify exactly what they are talking about when they: research methods: consist of various approaches to the observation measurement, manipulation, and control of variables in empirical studies.
