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an answer to why question
Explanation
things or quantities that vary
Variables
All scientists accept them
Laws
Observed relationship is unlikely to be due to chance.
we call the relationship between low-protein diets and the sex taboo a
Statistical association
Explanations of laws and statistical associations
Theories
something that cannont be observed or verified directly
Theoretical construct
shows that a theory seems to be wrong
Falsification
such predictions of what might be found
hypotheses
to transform theoretical predictions into statements that might be verified a researcher provides an
Operational definition
to say how it compares with other things on some scale of variation
measure
Author
sdbarnes
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173959
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ch1
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Updated
2012-09-27T23:57:30Z
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