Scientific Method
What is DEFINE THE PROBLEM?
The nonbiblical worldview that says nature is the ultimate reality.
What is naturalism?
A BWV is based on the truth of this.
What is the Bible?
Science cannot produce these "all" or "none" statements.
What is a universal statement?
The measuring system used by scientists.
What is metric?
A simple, testable statement about the answer to a problem
What is a hypothesis?
A nonbiblical worldview claims there is no need for this.
What is God?
A BWV says that man is created in this.
What is God's image?
Something someone wants to believe.
What is a bias?
Number of variables an experiment should have.
What is one?
Two ways we discussed that the third step of the scientific method may produce data.
What are survey and experiment?
A BWV and nonbiblilcal worldview both examine this but arrive at different conclusions.
What is same evidence?
A BWV believes the problems in the world are the result of this.
What is sin?
A logical conclusion based on observations
What is an inference?
By using the scientific method, Dr. Goldberger determined that pellagra was caused by this.
What is a poor diet?
What is classify?
A nonbiblical worldview that believes science is the only path to truth.
What is scientism?
Those with a BWV give this explanation as the origins of man.
What is creation by God?
These help us study the world when objects or concepts may be too complex.
You would conduct this to determine the number of black bears in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
What is a survey?
In step 6, if a scientist has done well verifying answers, they will be able to do this about outcomes of other experiments.
What is predict?
Those who hold a nonbiblical worldview often claim that earth's rocks and fossils are evidence of this.
What is evolution?
A BWV believes God gave man dominion over the earth and all living things in this Bible passage in Gen. 1:28
What is the Creation Mandate?
An idea you assume to be true or take for granted.
What is a presupposition?
When using a graph to determine if the arrangement of data supports the hypothesis, a scientist is doing this part of step 4.
What is analyzing?