Educational Research and the Scientific Method Phoenix University April 12‚ 2010 Education and the Scientific Method Research can be defined as any compilation of facts‚ evidence of data‚ information and proof of truth for the advancement of knowledge. It can be defined as the pursuit for statistics‚ figures‚ numbers or reports or any methodical investigation to establish concrete facts. Research must begin with a clearly defined goal and not be based on assumptions. The information gathered
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Should experiments on animals be illegal? Answer byDr Drake708 It is definitely something that should not be legal‚ I don’t think any way you look at it it’s an okay thing to do‚ most animals die‚ or become sick and very ill‚ deformed‚ or loose hearing‚ site‚ voice‚ and fur. They think it’s okay to test on animals because they are merely animals and have no say. They don’t choose to be test objects‚ they breathe‚ eat and sleep just like normal people. They feel‚ they have feelings. Things hurt them
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http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/scientific-method-17.jpg The scientific method is a series of steps used to identify and execute hypothesies in an attempt to clarify scientific processes. The scientific method will be applied to the following scenario: ● You arrive home late at night. You walk up to the front door‚ unlock it‚ and reach in to turn on the light switch located just inside the front door. The light does not come on! Now what? Accoring to the scientific method the first step in this
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Science and Capitalism If I were to take I guess‚ I would says that we all have been taught that capitalism drives innovation‚ technology‚ and scientific advancement. The teaching that competition‚ combined with the profit motive‚ pushes science to its limits and gives big corporations incentive to invent new medicines‚ drugs‚ and treatments is very common. We are also told that the free market is the greatest motivator for human advance‚ but in some cases that is not true. Patents‚ profits‚ and
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What is Scientific Research Process? There were so many researches that had been run‚ are running and going to run in the future. However‚ what is a research after all? Research means to search for knowledge‚ to make a systematic investigation or to establish novel facts (Trochim‚ 2006). According to Sekaran and Bougie (2010)‚ research is defined as simply the process of finding solutions to a problem after a thorough study and analysis of the situational factors. The definition of research includes
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TESTING ANIMALS Research question: Should testing on animals be banned? Animals are used in experimentations in order to achieve new openings. Some people think that it is acceptable‚ while others argue that it is not ethical to sacrifice animals for science. Estimated‚ that every year 50-100million of vertebrates are used for experiments in the world. 1 Despite the importance of experiments‚ the number of animals and purpose of research are not under any control. Whether research is biomedical
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Should Animal Testing be Banned? Throughout history‚ animal experimentation has played an important role in leading to new discoveries and human benefits. However‚ what many people tend to forget are the great numbers of animal subjects that have suffered serious harm during the process of experimentation. Many people are believed to be ignorant or misunderstand the nature of the lives that animals actually live‚ and are unable to understand the actual laboratory procedures and techniques. Other
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• Animals Should be Used for Reasearch Animal testing is one of the main start points for the invention of penicillin. Drug testing is an important and long process. In a world that is so dependent on the reliability and advancements of medicine to survive and function it would be strange not to test new methods in some way. Would you rather a possibly beneficial drug be tested on humans before animals? Posted by: Anonymous Report Post LikeReply 0 1 • Testing on animals is a good
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Questions 1. Describe the hallmarks of scientific research. There are eight characteristics of the hallmarks of scientific research which are purposiveness‚ rigor‚ testability‚ replicability‚ precision and confidence‚ objectivity‚ generalizability and parsimony. Purposiveness is the manager has started the research with a definite aim or purpose. Rigor is connotes carefulness‚ scrupulousness‚ and the degree of exactitude in research investigation. Testability is a property that applies to
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Animal Testing Should be Banned Name College Experiments on animals has been done all around the world since many years ago throughout the history. There are reasons behind these experiments; such as gaining knowledge about the animals themselves‚ education‚ research and developments for the benefit of human being. In the last reason fall substances and procedures tests; such as for cosmetic products‚ medicines‚ and surgical techniques; to see if they are harmful to humans or not. Many experiments
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