Marlee Morcos
Scientific Method: Experiment Components
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Control Variables
Control Group
# of Sample
Paradigms: Thinking Pattern
Paradigm Shift>>Thomas Kuhn
Fallacies: "faulty reasoning"
Appeal To Ignorance
Special Pleading
Begging the Question
Observational Selection
Statistics of Small #'s
Misunderstanding of the nature of statistics
inconsistency
non sequitur
post hoc, ergo propter hoc
meaningless question
excluded middle
short-term vs. long-term
slippery slope
Confusion of correlation and causation
Straw Man
Suppressed Evidence
Weasel Words
Scientific Method
Observation
Hypothesis
Experiment
Data/Analysis
Repeat
Conclusion
5 Research Methods
Case Study
Naturalistic Observation
Experimental Setup
Survey
Correlation
Good VS Wrong Science
Good Science
3 factors
Skeptical
Empirical
Rational
Falsification
Popper: Applicable Domain....
No absolute Truths
Wrong Science
Pseudoscience
Junk Science
Bad Science
Pathological Science
Inductive VS Deductive
Inductive : observation>>theory
Deductive: Axiom>>Theorem