Research Methods - Introduction

Good research is always_____

• Comprehensive

• Selective

• Systematic

• Time-bounded

A possible explanation to a problem that has not yet been tested. 

• data
• theory
• hypothesis
• fact

Science seeks to acquire knowledge and understanding of reality through the formulation, testing, and evaluating of...

 

• Deductive reasoning

• Theories

• Technology

• Scientific method

Scientific inquiry begins with...

• A problem to solve or a question to answer

• Observation

• Laboratory tests

• A checklist of procedures

To test a hypothesis, scientists must...

 

• Not reason deductively

• Accurately predict the outcome of tests

• Ignore test implications of the hypothesis

• Derive a test implication from the hypothesis

Something is logically impossible if...

• It violates a law of science

• It violates a principle of logic

• It cannot be tested

• It is difficult to understand

Something is physically impossible if...

 

• It violates a law of science

• It violates a principle of logic

• It has never before been observed

• It is weird

Generally eyewitness testimony pertaining to paranormal phenomena is...

 

• Reliable

• Scarce

• Unreliable

• Valid

What skill is a scientist using when she listens to the sounds that whales makes.

• making observations

• interpreting data

• making a hypothesis

• drawing conclusions

What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific method?

• Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, ask a question, draw conclusions, communicate results

• Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, communicate results.

• Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw conclusions, analyze results, communicate results.

• Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results.