Credibility of Science

Science is only a set of facts. Not a process.

• True

• False

What is a prediction of WHAT will happen based upon scientific evidence?

• A hypothesis

• Inquiry

• Scientific law

• Scientific theory

What is an explanation of why something happens based upon scientific evidence?

• A hypothesis

• Inquiry

• Scientific law

• Scientific theory

In science, you want to be __________ not _________.

• Objective, subjective

• Subjective, objective

• Biased, opinionated

• Opinionated, subjective

You come across some research from a chemical company.

Choose which claims show how they eliminated bias:

• All of the research chemists are paid from an independent source

• The research is done in a standardized way, so the results are reproducible

• The research chemists don’t know which chemical they are testing

True or false:

Eliminating bias helps make science credible.

• True

• False

True or false:

Having an experiment that is reproducible helps make science credible.

• True

• False

True or false:

Standardizing lab procedures helps make science credible.

• True

• False

If a researcher is paid by a company supporting them to get a particular result, this makes science credible.

• True

• False

It is a measure of how close measurements come to each other when they are made in the same way

• Accuracy
• Precision
• Error
• Extrapolation