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Which three features should a good experiment have?

The lanugage of mathematics

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The lanugage of mathematics
is not a useful tool in science
is a straight forward method of solving scientific problems
is used in explaining scientific ideas
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Which three features should a good experiment have?
rationalism, sensitism, creativity
hypothetical, conclusive, unique
causality, objectivity, observability
controllability, measurability, repeatability
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What is missing? 1. Observation 2. Hypothesis 3.... 4. Law 5.Theory
agent
experiment
repeatability
inductivism
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The Way of Knowing of imagination
cannot be combined with natural sciences
is more important than any other WOK in the natural sciences
should be totally avoided in all scientific work
is important in developing new scientific ideas
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common sense and scientific discoveries
are often contradictive
are really the same thing
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What is true about science
It's the only way to think about the world
It is not a fixed body of knowledge but rather a method
Only chemistry, physics and biology is real science
Science is an element of measurability.
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Inductivism?
A non-empirical method.
Theory-based conclusions.
The traditional conception of the scientific method
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The aim of science is to reproduce reality
NO
YES
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An anomaly is
an observation that seems to contradict an accepted theory
a theory which concludes nothing
an hypothesis that can not be confirmed
a prediction based only on reason
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The difference between a law and a theory is that
there is no difference between a law and a theory
a law confirms a theory
a theory confirms anomalies in laws
a theory explains laws