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What is Science? - Coggle Diagram
What is Science?
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What is Falsifiability
is the ability of a study or theory to be found to be wrong i.e. false which means that scientific methods can be used to test the theory/hypothesis to see if it is indeed wrong (which is why significance testing is based on either rejecting or accepting the null hypothesis)
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What is Objectivity
Objectivity is a key feature of science: it means that a piece of research has not been affected by subjectivity i.e. personal feelings, researcher bias, value-laden judgments or opinions
When conducting a study the researcher should ensure that their own opinions and attitudes do not intrude or interfere with the process
What is Replicability?
Replicability refers to a piece of research which could be carried out again by the same or another research and which would be likely to show consistent results which helps to increase the validity of the findings i.e. they show that the IV has affected the DV
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