Thinking Like a Scientist

What kind of bias is a mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a particular result more likely?

• deductive

• cultural

• personal

• experimental

Which attitude makes a scientist capable of accepting new and different ideas?

• open-mindedness

• skepticism

• curiosity

• creativity

What are you being when you let personal feelings enter into a decision or conclusion?

• inductive

• deductive

• subjective

• objective

Which attitude helps scientists come up with inventive ways to solve problems or produce new things?

• curiosity

• creativity

• good ethics

• open-mindedness

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_______ reasoning uses specific observations to make generalizations

• deductive

• inductive

• faulty

A scientists open-mindedness will always be balanced by______

• skepticism

• bias

• inductive reasoning

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Good scientists use _____ when reporting their observations and results

• criticism

• honesty

• false answers

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Scientists must be careful not to use _________, because it can lead to faulty conclusions

• inductive reasoning

• faulty reasoning

• deductive reasoning

Personal _______ comes from a person's likes and dislikes

• ethics

• bias

• problems

Scientific _______ requires a logical way of thinking

• ethics

• reasoning

• bias

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