Lecture: #2 (Scientific Thinking and Decision-Making)

Question 1

Prediction

Answer 1

• If …then statement (if my Hypothesis is true, then this will happen)
  - Ex) If you take steroids, then you will get more muscular.

ex) There will be a higher level of precipitation on weekends than on weekdays

Question 1

Hypothesis

Answer 1

Proposed explanation of a phenomenon [often in the form of a question]

ex) Does it rain more on the weekends than on the week?

Question 2

Critical experiment

Answer 2

An experiment that will provide a yes or no answer to your hypotheses