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Levels of Understanding
Description, Prediction, Control
Description
Collection of facts
Description facts can be
Quantified, classified, & examined for relations w/ other facts
Description suggests
hypotheses/questions for more research
of Prediction characteristics
5
Prediction characteristic #1
one event occurs, another will/won’t
Prediction characteristic #2
based on repeated observation
Repeated observation reveals
relationships between various events
Prediction characteristic #3
demonstrates correlation
Prediction characteristic #4
no causal relationships can be interpretted
Prediction characteristic #5
enables preperation
Control
Highest level of scientific understanding
With control, functional relations
can be derived
Science attitude acronym
DEERPP
Science Attitude D
Determinism
