KINE 2049 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Falsifiability, Karl Popper, Natural Science

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 2049
• Professor: Merv Mosher

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Research: depends on who you ask and their profession, scientific research is defined by two things, it contributes to the body of science, it follows the scientific method. Science: de(cid:396)i(cid:448)ed f(cid:396)o(cid:373) lati(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:862) (cid:272)ie(cid:374)tia(cid:863) meaning knowledge, refers to a systematic and organized body of knowledge in any area of inquiry that is a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed usi(cid:374)g (cid:862)the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) (cid:373)ethod(cid:863, grouped into two broad categories, natural science, social science. Social science: the science of people or collections of people (e. g. firms, societies etc. ) and their individual or collective behaviours: social sciences can be classified into disciplines such as psychology, sociology etc. Differences between natural and social sciences: natural sciences tend to be very precise, accurate, deterministic and independent of the person gathering the data. Whereas in social sciences it tends to be less accurate, deterministic and unambiguous, there is also a high degree of measurement error and uncertainty.