scientific analysis
Methodical data examination
Scientific analysis is the systematic examination of something using methods designed to produce reliable, verifiable results.
It involves observation, measurement, and logical interpretation of data: The scientific analysis revealed traces of arsenic in the soil.
The term often lends authority to findings, distinguishing them from casual observation or speculation.
- microscopesOptical enlargement instruments
- medical researchScientific study of health
- experimental designStructured plan for research
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- hypothesis testingStatistical method for evaluating claims
spectrometers · empirical evidence · raw data · data crunching · number crunching · double check · margin of error · environmental studies · peer review · theoretical models · lab coat · test tube · telescopes · sensors · falsifiability · physics experiments · control variables · blind study
scientific analysisguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
gut feeling · trial and error · conjecture · wild guess · folk wisdom
scientific analysissuperstition
Baseless belief in omens
faith · mysticism · magical thinking · dogma · pseudoscience
scientific analysiscasual observation
Unstudied comment or notice
hasty generalization · snap judgment · knee-jerk reaction · rough estimate · fuzzy thinking
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