COMD 5070 EXAM 1 INTRO TO SPEECH
SCIENCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS. EXPERT
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS.
No instrument can replace _______ - ANS an experienced SLP
Technology is to complement - ANS our own experience and skills
What are the 4 characteristics of the scientific method? - ANS empirical, deterministic,
predictive, parsimonious
What does empirical mean? - ANS based on data and direct experience
What does deterministic mean? - ANS obeys physical laws of cause and effect, not random
What does predictive mean? - ANS If you do this, then this will happen.
What does parsimonious mean? - ANS Give the simplest explanation possible, boil it down to
its essence.
The empirical approach is opposed to the _____ approach. - ANS rational
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SCIENCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS. EXPERT
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS.
No instrument can replace _______ - ANS an experienced SLP
Technology is to complement - ANS our own experience and skills
What are the 4 characteristics of the scientific method? - ANS empirical, deterministic,
predictive, parsimonious
What does empirical mean? - ANS based on data and direct experience
What does deterministic mean? - ANS obeys physical laws of cause and effect, not random
What does predictive mean? - ANS If you do this, then this will happen.
What does parsimonious mean? - ANS Give the simplest explanation possible, boil it down to
its essence.
The empirical approach is opposed to the _____ approach. - ANS rational
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED