Words related to the nature and process of science

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  1. accuracy
    the quality of being near to the true value
  2. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  3. control
    power to direct or determine
  4. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  5. deduction
    the act of removing a part from the whole
  6. deductive
    relating to reasoning from the general to the particular
  7. dependent
    a person who relies on another person for support
  8. experiment
    the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  9. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  10. independent
    free from external control and constraint
  11. inductive
    influencing or causing to arise
  12. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  13. inference
    a conclusion you can draw based on known evidence
  14. observation
    the act of taking a patient look
  15. outcome
    something that results
  16. precision
    the quality of being exact
  17. question
    a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
  18. reasoning
    thinking that is organized and logical
  19. scientific
    consistent with systematic study of the physical world
  20. statistical
    of or relating to the interpretation of quantitative data
  21. test
    standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or aptitude
  22. theory
    a belief that can guide behavior
  23. variable
    something that is likely to change
Created on Fri Sep 17 21:52:46 EDT 2010 (updated Fri Sep 17 21:55:34 EDT 2010)

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