scientific studies
Systematic knowledge pursuits
Scientific studies are research investigations that follow systematic methods to test hypotheses or answer questions about the natural world.
The phrase often appears in journalism and advertising to lend authority: Scientific studies show that coffee may reduce certain health risks.
When cited vaguely without specifics, the phrase can obscure weak or cherry-picked evidence.
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
- astrobiologyStudy of cosmic organisms
- biophysicsPhysics applied to life
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
engineering · peer review · peer reviewed · replication · sociology · double-blind · blind study · sample size · hypothesis · chemistry · methodology · statistics · sample · lab rats · reproducibility · research paper · trials · experiments
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- academic writingdissertations, theses, research papers, monographs, dissertation
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
scientific studiesfolklore
Inherited cultural narratives
guesswork · superstition · anecdotal evidence · old wives' tales · wild guesses
scientific studiesfaith
Trust without proof
dogma · misinformation · disinformation · propaganda · opinion
scientific studiestradition
Custom passed through generations
religious teachings · sacred texts · oral tradition · ancestral knowledge · appeal to authority