The Scientific Method Theresa P. Mitchell University of Phoenix SCI 230 Introduction to Life Science Professor Mayra E. Colombani February 2, 2014 The Scientific Method The scientific method is an established step process to stimulate us to ask questions and seek explanations to situations or problems. On the table below, the scientific method applies the following steps to start an investigation to reach a general conclusion: Observation | Question | Hypothesis | Prediction | Experiment
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1.) A scientific theory is a widely accepted and both highly tested and proven explanation based on observable phenomenon that occurs in nature. Scientific theories are supported by a large amount of evidence. On the other hand, a hypothesis is an explanation for a scientific question, but is easily testable and falsifiable. A prediction is a guess of what will happen when conducting an experiment, but a hypothesis establishes a relationship that helps to explain how the conductor of the study
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Outline and evaluate psychological explanations of depression: at least two Psychodynamic theories: * Outline : * Fixation at the oral stage (over or under gratification at the oral stage) results in dependency on caregiver and on other people. The dependant personality makes the constantly seek love and approval of others. * if the needs are not met the anger turns inwards ( later in life events like death, relationship break-up, job loss results in regression to the oral stage) results
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I arrived at a shabby house, the paint peeling off the exterior walls and the porch con-caving. The gate screeched as I opened it. I mentally prepare myself to enter this rat infested adobe. I walk up onto the creaky porch and ring the door bell. I peak over to the overgrown grass and then back to the beaten door. A petite older woman answers the door. She must have been Ms. Henderson. Her old age was apparent not only in her skin but it’s noticeable in the hue of her hair. She begins to explain
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1 Introduction The intention of this study is to explore possible advantages of Descriptive Translation Studies as in its application in translation practice and translation analysis. Since early 20th century, translation studies gradually broke away from the marginal status within other related disciplines and established itself as an empirical science. From then on, schools of thought have kept coming out and each claims its legitimacy for existence. Among these schools is Descriptive Translation
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the chart that are of interest here. What happens to the number of a false alarms? What happens to the ability of the chart to detect a change? And what happens when the baseline data contain a signal? THE LIKELIHOOD OF A FALSE ALARM Mathematical theory tells us that the risk of a false alarm whenever we place a point on an X-Chart is approximately 0.27%. But what happens to this risk when only k values have been used to compute the limits? Simulation studies provide the answers shown in Table 1
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Introduction to Personality Lori McClaskey December 2, 2013 PSY/405 University of Phoenix Stephen Brown In this paper I will examine personality theory, I will define personality and take a look at the theoretical approaches used to study personality. I will look at the factors of development in one’s personality and provide some input from my own life experiences. Defining Personality I was thinking of ways to define personality in my own words, so I thought I would compare what our
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD CEDRIC KEARNEY SCI/230 20 April 2014 CHRISTINE ROGERS SCIENTIFIC METHOD The scientific method is the process of research in which an observation is made and information is gathered, a hypothesis is made, and experiment is taken place to understand the observation. There are six parts to a scientific experiment. The first part is the observation; the event that has taken place. The second part is the question; what caused the particular event to take place. The third and
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of 6) 2.1.1 Economic Theory explanation from textbook: local companies are affected by … … For instance, in year xxxx, Starbucks faced a challenge during the Economic Crisis (-). What did they do to overcome this? What happened? (-). 2.1.2 Socio-culture Theory from textbook: … Starbucks has adapted to the international market by … (-): give 2 different countries 2.1.3 Technological Theory from textbook: … Phone apps? / Online membership? 2.1.4 Environment Theory from textbook: … Look
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I used the scientific method to determine how to solve a car problem. I picked the car instead of the tomatoes because I am more familiar with cars and I do not like tomatoes. I was able to experiment before I was able to find out the correct problem. I am generally good with cars and know to check the basics problems that can occur with a car. In this activity the first thing that I thought about was the condition of the battery of the car. I was able to choose that and found out that the battery
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