Medical Detectives Ch. 1 Terms

The ability to identify a concept or problem, isolate its component parts, organize information for decision making, establish criteria for evaluation, and draw appropriate conclusions.

• Deductive Reasoning

• Theory

• Analytical Skill

• Fact

Deriving a conclusion from the facts using a series of logical steps.

• Analytical Skill

• Deductive Reasoning

• Eyewitness

• Perception

A person who has seen someone or something related to a crime and can communicate their observations.

• Observation

• Forensic Science

• Theory

• Eyewitness

A statement or information that can be verified.

• Fact

• Opinion

• Theory

• Perception

Using science to help resolve legal matters.

• Logic

• Deductive Reasoning

• Forensic Science

• Analytical Skill

A possible explanation of a question or problem based on prior knowledge or observation.

• Fact

• Observation

• Deductive Reasoning

• Hypothesis

A statement on an observed phenomenon in the natural world that appears to always hold true; it does not explain why it occurs.

• Law

• Fact

• Logical

• Observation

Reasoned from facts.

• Fact

• Logical

• Law

• Theory

What a person perceives using their senses.

• Hypothesis

• Opinion

• Analytical Skill

• Observation

Personal belief founded on judgment rather than on direct experience or knowledge.

• Opinion

• Hypothesis

• Logical

• Theory