EDF PRACTICE EVALUATION 2026 QUESTION
BANK FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under
study and seeks to discover the real truths. No bias by groups or
organizations or by the scientists themselves.
Answer: What is the purpose of the systematic approach for science?
◉ Describe the three levels of understanding for science
Answer: Description, prediction, and control
◉ What is the highest level of understanding for science?
Answer: Control
◉ What is the lowest understanding for science?
Answer: Description
◉ Collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified,
classified, and examined for possible relations with other known
facts.
Answer: Description
,◉ Can suggest hypothesis, questions, or additional research ideas
Answer: Description
◉ Relative probability that when one events occurs, another event
either will or will not occur. Demonstrates correlation between
events.
Answer: Prediction
◉ Must be based on repeated observations
Answer: Prediction
◉ Causal relationships can not be determined. Correlation does not
mean causation.
Answer: Prediction
◉ Functional relations can be derived. Specific change in one event
can reliably be produced by specific manipulation of another event
and the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be the
result of other extraneous factors (confounding variables).
Answer: Control
◉ The universe is a lawful and orderly place which all phenomena
occur as the result of other events. Events do not occur at will.
Events are related in systematic ways.
, Answer: Determinism
◉ The practice of objective aberration of the phenomena of interest
Answer: Empiricism
◉ All scientific knowledge is built upon
Answer: Empiricism
◉ Controlled comparison of some measure of phenomena of interest
(dependent variable) under two or more different conditions in
which only one factor at a time (independent variable) differs from
one condition to another.
Answer: Experiment
◉ The repeating of an experiment. How scientists determine the
reliability and usefulness of their experiments. Can be within an
experiment or across experiments.
Answer: Replication
◉ All simple explanations are ruled out before more complex or
abstract explanations are considered.
Answer: Parsimony
BANK FULL SOLUTION SET
◉ To achieve a thorough understanding of the phenomena under
study and seeks to discover the real truths. No bias by groups or
organizations or by the scientists themselves.
Answer: What is the purpose of the systematic approach for science?
◉ Describe the three levels of understanding for science
Answer: Description, prediction, and control
◉ What is the highest level of understanding for science?
Answer: Control
◉ What is the lowest understanding for science?
Answer: Description
◉ Collection of facts about observed events that can be quantified,
classified, and examined for possible relations with other known
facts.
Answer: Description
,◉ Can suggest hypothesis, questions, or additional research ideas
Answer: Description
◉ Relative probability that when one events occurs, another event
either will or will not occur. Demonstrates correlation between
events.
Answer: Prediction
◉ Must be based on repeated observations
Answer: Prediction
◉ Causal relationships can not be determined. Correlation does not
mean causation.
Answer: Prediction
◉ Functional relations can be derived. Specific change in one event
can reliably be produced by specific manipulation of another event
and the change in the dependent variable was unlikely to be the
result of other extraneous factors (confounding variables).
Answer: Control
◉ The universe is a lawful and orderly place which all phenomena
occur as the result of other events. Events do not occur at will.
Events are related in systematic ways.
, Answer: Determinism
◉ The practice of objective aberration of the phenomena of interest
Answer: Empiricism
◉ All scientific knowledge is built upon
Answer: Empiricism
◉ Controlled comparison of some measure of phenomena of interest
(dependent variable) under two or more different conditions in
which only one factor at a time (independent variable) differs from
one condition to another.
Answer: Experiment
◉ The repeating of an experiment. How scientists determine the
reliability and usefulness of their experiments. Can be within an
experiment or across experiments.
Answer: Replication
◉ All simple explanations are ruled out before more complex or
abstract explanations are considered.
Answer: Parsimony
