Evid-Based Nutri/Practice L4.3

Measurements in science are reliable, repeatable, and performed in an objective fashion. Measurement reliability refers to the _______ of a measure.

• reliability

• consistency

A scientist should get similar results when something is measured under the same conditions; sometimes this is called _______ reliability.

• state–restate

• test–retest

Measurements should be close in value on _______ measurements in succession by the same person.

• similar

• repeated

There are _________ criteria for how measurements are made. For example, waist circumference will have landmarks that guide an individual as to the appropriate way to perform the measurement.

• objective

• subjective

_______ ways of performing measurements are unreliable and unrepeatable, and performed in a highly subjective manner with little or no criteria to guide measurement.

• Unscientific

• Scientific

Replication is an important concept in science. For a scientific finding to be true, independent scientists should be able to reproduced it.

• True

• False

Science involves the process of hypothesis testing. Because every hypothesis is testable, it is subject to __________.

• justification

• falsification

The process of ________ allows scientists to narrow down what is true by proving what is not true.

• justification

• falsification

The ________ hypothesis is a claim that is not testable.

• unfalsifiable

• falsifiable

The claim that a giant ape-like creature (Bigfoot or Sasquatch) roams the forests of the Pacific Northwest is _______; it is impossible to disprove. This is because, if it does not exist, no evidence will be found.

• falsifiable

• unfalsifiable