,5. ianalyze iresults, idraw ia iconclusion i(if ievidence idisproves ihypothesis, iconstruct ia inew ihypothesis)
6. ireport iresults
is ithe iscientific imethod iflexible? i- iAnswer i- i i iyes! iit idoesn't ihave ito ibe istep iby istep
what idoes ia i"critical iexperiment" ido i- iAnswer i- i i iput ia ihypothesis ito ithe itest, ithe iresults ican
idecisively idetermine iwhether ia ihypothesis iis icorrect
class iexamples iof iscientific imethod i- iAnswer i- i i i- idoes iit irain imore ion iweekends?
- ireal ivs iartificial ivanilla
- i"maze ibright" ivs i"maze idull" irats
class iexample: idoes iit irain imore ion iweekends? i- iAnswer i- i i i- ifind iaverage iMonday iand iSaturday
irainfall; irains i22% imore ion iSaturdays
how ito iincrease iexperiment's ipower i- iAnswer i- i i i- irandomize isubjects
- icontrol iyour istudy
- iuse ia idouble-blind idesign
R.C.D. i- irat's icause idiseases
what iis ithe icost-benefit ianalysis iof ihaving ia imore icontrolled iexperiment? i- iAnswer i- i i iit's ia ipoorer
imodel iof ithe isituation iof iinterest
2. iHow idoes ia ihypothesis idiffer ifrom ia itheory ior iprediction? i- iAnswer i- i i i- ia iprediction ionly ioffers ia
iguess iof iwhat iwill ihappen iin ithe ifuture
null ihypothesis i- iAnswer i- i i i- ia ihypothesis ithat istates ia ilack iof irelationship ibetween i2 ifactors
- ieasy ito idisprove
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