5 Questions
What is the empirical method for acquiring knowledge that characterizes the development of science?
Careful observation and applying rigorous skepticism
What is involved in the scientific method as distinguished from a definitive series of steps applicable to all scientific inquiries?
Testability of hypotheses and experimental, measurement-based statistical testing
What does the scientific method involve in terms of formulating hypotheses?
Via induction, based on careful observations
What can distort how one interprets the observation according to the scientific method?
Cognitive assumptions
What are the principles of the scientific method in relation to experimental findings?
Refinement (or elimination) of hypotheses based on the experimental findings
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