features of science

• paradigm/paradigm shift

  Agreed methods/assumptions within a science. For a new science to be created there needs to be a paradigm shift - the methods/assumptions should be challenged.
• objectivity

  There is a clear, unbiased answer.
• replicability

  Research/studies should be able to be repeated by other researchers.
• construction of theory

  This is when the aims/theory of research is created after the research has taken place. Construction of theory is based on empirical evidence.
• hypothesis testing

  All research should have a testable, precise statement.
• empirical methods

  These are scientific methods
• Falsifiability

  Something can only be considered scientific if it is falsifiable. Falsifiability is when something can be proven wrong.