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Reintroducing “the” Scientific Method to Introduce Scientific Inquiry in Schools?
Science Education, 2021 There are some crucial critiques on scientific inquiry and “the” Scientific Method in current science education. Recent research literature is replete with arguments against inquiry’s legitimacy to be included in science classes, and it has even been ...
M. Emden
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Common cause completability of non classical probability spaces [PDF]
Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 2016 We prove that under some technical assumptions on a general, non-classical probability space, the probability space is extendible into a larger probability space that is common cause closed in the sense of containing a common cause of every correlation ...
Gyenis Zalán, Rédei Miklós
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What’s Wrong with Aim-Oriented Empiricism? [PDF]
Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, 2015 For four decades it has been argued that we need to adopt a new conception of science called aim-oriented empiricism. This has far-reaching implications and repercussions for science, the philosophy of science, academic inquiry in general, the ...
Nicholas Maxwell
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Imprecise Bayesian Networks as Causal Models
Information, 2018 This article considers the extent to which Bayesian networks with imprecise probabilities, which are used in statistics and computer science for predictive purposes, can be used to represent causal structure. It is argued that the adequacy conditions for
David Kinney
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Revising Geology Labs to Explicitly Use the Scientific Method [PDF]
, 2003 This article points out that many content- or skill-based labs can be revised to explicitly involve the scientific method by asking students to propose hypotheses before making observations. Labs in which this method has been successfully applied include
Kimberly Hannula
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Towards a Fair Distribution Mechanism for Asylum
Games, 2017 It has been suggested that the distribution of refugees over host countries can be made more fair or efficient if policy makers take into account not only numbers of refugees to be distributed but also the goodness of the matches between refugees and ...
Philippe van Basshuysen
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When are hypotheses useful in ecology and evolution?
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Research hypotheses have been a cornerstone of science since before Galileo. Many have argued that hypotheses (1) encourage discovery of mechanisms, and (2) reduce bias—both features that should increase transferability and reproducibility.
Matthew G. Betts +16 more
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Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 2020 THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD: An Evolution of Thinking from Darwin to Dewey by Henry M. Cowles. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. 384 pages. Hardcover; $35.00. ISBN: 9780674976191.
Henry M. Cowles
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Studies on Utilizing the Three Famous International Index Systems to Evaluate Scientific Research Level of Higher Learning Institutions [PDF]
, 2010 Science Citation Index (SCI), The Engineering Index (EI) and Index to Scientific & Technical Proceeding (ISTP) are widely accepted and used to evaluate the scientific research level of higher learning institutions by many country's science and ...
Changyu Huang +3 more
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Prediction of scientific collaborations through multiplex interaction networks [PDF]
, 2020 Link prediction algorithms can help to understand the structure and dynamics of scientific collaborations and the evolution of Science. However, available algorithms based on similarity between nodes of collaboration networks are bounded by the limited ...
Aleta, Alberto +4 more
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