Five features of science

• What are the 5 features of science ?

  1. Empirical methods
  2. objectivity
  3. Replicability
  4. theory construction
  5. hypothesis testing
• What is empirical method ?


  using controlled experiments

  observe everything
• What is objectivity ?

  • being able to measure something precisely
• What is replucability ?

  • you can repeat the experiment exactly + get very similar results
• Theory construction ?


  Comes from a question
• Hypothesis testing ?

  • narrowing down from the theory to make a precise prediction
• To make research scientific what has to happen ?

  • quantitative data, primary research, controlled lab studies, direct observation
  • empirical
  • replicable
  • objective
  • valid
  • reliable
  • hypothesis