EDF 6225 Module 2 Questions with Correct
Answers 2026-2027
Purpose of systematic approach to science - CORRECT ANSWER -
discover real truths without bias
Three levels of understanding science - CORRECT ANSWER -description, prediction, control
Description - CORRECT ANSWER -collecting facts to suggest hypothesis
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER -
demonstrates correlation of events, causal relationship cannot be determined yet
Control - CORRECT ANSWER -highest level! Functional relations can be derived
Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER -specific change in one event
Independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER -
specific manipulation of an event which causes change in another
Determinism - CORRECT ANSWER -everything occurs as a result of another event
Accidentalism - CORRECT ANSWER -everything is random/accidental
Fatalism - CORRECT ANSWER -everything is predetermined
Empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER -objective observations (aka no bias)
Answers 2026-2027
Purpose of systematic approach to science - CORRECT ANSWER -
discover real truths without bias
Three levels of understanding science - CORRECT ANSWER -description, prediction, control
Description - CORRECT ANSWER -collecting facts to suggest hypothesis
Prediction - CORRECT ANSWER -
demonstrates correlation of events, causal relationship cannot be determined yet
Control - CORRECT ANSWER -highest level! Functional relations can be derived
Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER -specific change in one event
Independent variable - CORRECT ANSWER -
specific manipulation of an event which causes change in another
Determinism - CORRECT ANSWER -everything occurs as a result of another event
Accidentalism - CORRECT ANSWER -everything is random/accidental
Fatalism - CORRECT ANSWER -everything is predetermined
Empiricism - CORRECT ANSWER -objective observations (aka no bias)
