scientific approach
Hypothesis-testing framework
A scientific approach is a method of inquiry based on systematic observation, measurement, and experimentation rather than intuition or tradition.
The phrase emphasizes process over conclusion—forming hypotheses, testing them against evidence, and revising based on results.
We need to take a scientific approach to this problem.
The term often appears when distinguishing rigorous investigation from guesswork or ideology.
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- falsifiabilitySusceptibility to disproof
- test tubeNarrow cylindrical lab vessel
- lab coatProtective work garment
- double blindStudy hiding group assignments
controlled experiment · objectivity · reproducibility · epistemology · skepticism · hypothesis · observation · rationalism · empiricism · peer review · peer reviewed · burden of proof · data analysis · causality · empirical evidence · medical research · replication · constructivism
scientific approachpseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
superstition · folk wisdom · trial and error · magical thinking · faith healing
scientific approachdogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
blind faith · superstition · faith · revelation · religious doctrine
scientific approachintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
gut feeling · instinct · emotional reasoning · snap judgment · wishful thinking
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