Educational Psychology / Unit 2 EDP 0104 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Three Features of Science
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The idea
Stanovich names three features of science: systematic empiricism, or planned and recorded observation; empirical questions answerable by observing the world; and public knowledge shared through publication.
In practice
Publication lets other researchers check, repeat and correct a study's claims.
Where people slip
Research runs as a cycle: question, study, analysis, conclusion, publication, then the new questions the answers raise.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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