Introduction to Scientific Research

Knowledge based on our experiences, acquires through our senses and our interpretation of those experiences is called:

• empirical knowledge

• scientific knowledge

Knowledge based on the collection and verification of data using the Scientific Method in order to explain how and why things happen is known as:

• empirical knowledge

• scientific knowledge

Shalimar is watching dark, gray clouds rolling in. Lots of birds are flying away. Show knows a storm is approaching. What kind of knowledge is that?

• scientific knowledge

• empirical knowledge

Scientific knowledge is:

• objective

• verifiable

• systematic

• based on experience

Astronomy is a pseudoscience where astronomists claim your date of birth along with the position of the stars can predict your life

• True

• False

Natural science can be classified into physical science and life science.

• True

• False

Physical Sciences include:

• Astronomy

• Biology

• Physics

• Chemistry

Who is the father of the Scientific Method?

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Rene Descartes

• Thales of Miletus

After stating a problem and reviewing literature, the next step in the Scientific Method is:

• Publication

• Data collection

• Experimentation

• Formulating a hypothesis

What is the result of research?

• Nobel prizes

• Scientific knowledge

• Pseudoscience