Thinking Like a Scientist
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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Skepticism | An attitude of doubt.
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Ethics | The rules that enable people to know right from wrong.
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Personal bias | An outlook influenced by a person’s likes and dislikes.
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Cultural bias | An outlook influenced by the beliefs, social forms, and traits of a group.
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Experimental bias | A mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a particular result more likely.
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Objective | Describes the act of decision-making or drawing conclusions based on available evidence.
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Subjective | Describes the influence of personal feelings on a decision or conclusion.
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Deductive reasoning | A way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation.
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Inductive reasoning | Using specific observations to make generalizations.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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