Features of science

• What are the features of science?

  • Empiricism
  • Theory construction
  • Replicability
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Paradigm
  • Falsifiability
  • Objectivity
• What is empiricism?

  The belief that knowledge comes from real experience, and not abstract theories
• What objectivity?


  Not affected by personal feelings
• What is replicability?

  The ability to repeat a research study and obtain the same results
• What is hypothesis testing?


  How theories are developed and modified
• What is theory construction?


  A logically organised set of propositions that defines events and describes relationships between events
• What is falsifiability?


  The ability to prove something as false
• What is a paradigm?

  A set of assumptions that tell you what you should study and how you should study it