Which of these statements about the scientific method is incorrect?
It is not a group of absolute truths.
It uses experiments that are reproducible
It is used for testing claims about the natural world.
It requires one to propose a theory and perform experiments to give results which confirm or disclaim the theory.
All of these are correct statements.
2007-09-13 03:47:30 · 3 answers · asked by jennifer 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
All of the statements are correct!
-The only hard statement to judge is the first one, "It is not a group of absolute truths."
-Scientific Method can only disprove something (which is shown by the fourth statement "It requires one to..."). This means the theory about something generated through scientific method must be constantly retested. Therefore this would never generate an absolute truth.
-Theory and hypothesis are more or less interchangeable... it depends upon how much they are into semantics.
2007-09-13 03:59:52 · answer #1 · answered by Aliursis 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"It requires one to propose a theory and..." is incorrect. If you changed the word "theory" to "hypothesis", it would be correct.
EDIT: "Theory" and "hypothesis" are interchangeable in a public forum ONLY. In the scientific world, they have very distinct meanings. I stand by my original answer.
2007-09-13 10:53:55 · answer #2 · answered by Lucas C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hypothesis in place of theory.
And no, it is not a stupid question.
2007-09-13 11:02:23 · answer #3 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋