PSY 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Design Of Experiments, Scientific Method, Falsifiability
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A process of using observations and experiments to draw evidence based conclusions. Have to ask if the science was performed properly. Conclusion may be modified in the future. Science is never ending ppl retest things. Science is a process: make an observation. Use observation to devise a question: studying previous research. See current information on the subject of interest. Peer-review: review of an article by experts before publication, ensures that the authors have appropriately designed research, weeds out sloppy research: forming scientific hypotheses. Use info to formulate a scientific hypothesis. A testable and falsifiable explanation for a scientific observation or question testable : supported or rejected by carefully designed experiments or nonexperimental studies. Falsifiable: can be ruled out by data. An explanation that cannot be tested or refuted, falls outside the realm of scientific explanation. If its false it is rejected and no longer considered a possible answer to the original questions.
