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S&T 1.2
Thinking Like a Scientist
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| skepticism | An attitude of doubt. |
| ethics | The rules that enable people to know right from wrong. |
| personal bias | An outlook influenced by a person’s likes and dislikes. |
| cultural bias | An outlook influenced by the beliefs, social forms, and traits of a group. |
| experimental bias | A mistake in the design of an experiment that makes a particular result more likely. |
| objective | Describes the act of decision-making or drawing conclusions based on available evidence. |
| subjective | Describes the influence of personal feelings on a decision or conclusion. |
| deductive reasoning | A way to explain things by starting with a general idea and then applying the idea to a specific observation. |
| inductive reasoning | Using specific observations to make generalizations. |