MBIO 3400 Exam 1 questions & answers
with latest update
Francis Bacon - correct answer ✔✔scientific methods based on inductive
reasoning and discussed human intellectual faults
Deductive reasoning - correct answer ✔✔multiple true general statements lead to
a logical conclusion that is necessarily true
Inductive reasoning - correct answer ✔✔multiple supportive statements lead to a
conclusion based on evidence that is probably true
The scientific method - correct answer ✔✔ask a question, do background
research, propose reasonable and testable explanation (hypothesis), test your
hypothesis, analyze your data and draw a conclusion, report your results
Theory - correct answer ✔✔substantiated explanation of the world that draws
together laws, facts and tested hypotheses
Karl Popper - correct answer ✔✔favored testing a scientific theory with empirical
falsifiability
Empirical falsifiability - correct answer ✔✔theory that can be falsified so it should
be scrutinized
with latest update
Francis Bacon - correct answer ✔✔scientific methods based on inductive
reasoning and discussed human intellectual faults
Deductive reasoning - correct answer ✔✔multiple true general statements lead to
a logical conclusion that is necessarily true
Inductive reasoning - correct answer ✔✔multiple supportive statements lead to a
conclusion based on evidence that is probably true
The scientific method - correct answer ✔✔ask a question, do background
research, propose reasonable and testable explanation (hypothesis), test your
hypothesis, analyze your data and draw a conclusion, report your results
Theory - correct answer ✔✔substantiated explanation of the world that draws
together laws, facts and tested hypotheses
Karl Popper - correct answer ✔✔favored testing a scientific theory with empirical
falsifiability
Empirical falsifiability - correct answer ✔✔theory that can be falsified so it should
be scrutinized
