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Scientific Inquiry
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on August 26, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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scientific inquiry
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progressive, looping feedback of                  stages of inquire that culminate in the establishment of a new cycle of inquiry
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an infinite process of                           , testing, observing
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stages on spiral that narrows onto a                area
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initiation
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pre-experimentation
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pilot experimentation
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experimentation
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        -experiementation
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re-iterate and re-initiate
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at each stage you know          about what you are investigating and you know more about what you don't know
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science has the two-prong approach which always brings us to (1) a new                  for new possibilities of investigation, as well as (2) more information about what we are investigating
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scientific method
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standard scientific method does not accommodate the            approach very well
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scientific method is generally taught in the                  approach
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ask a question
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do background research
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construct a hypothesis
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test your hypothesis by doing an                     
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analyze your data and draw a conclusion
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communicate your results
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the goal was to get some kind of scientific result that you could             , publish, and have inserted into the lexicon of science
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e.g. in Yellowstone and other similar places, people thought that the underground water too hot to support any kind of         
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hypothesis is that life does indeed live there and you prove it
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as scientific method is taught, you learn that life is there and then you stop
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the reality is that you take that idea that life exists in                environments and then asking the next question, and that is scientific inquiry
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good science is                and larger than the scientific method
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good science often yields results that you were not                for and it yields information that has nothing to do with the original hypothesis
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where the scientific method sees this as a                      information, the scientific inquiry sees it as very valuable information
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so scientific inquiry                        scientific method, sees it as a valid approach but that it is used repetitively in the cycle of inquiry
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so by going back to Yellowstone we know that microbes that regenerate and recreate their        composition by using a certain suite of chemicals and those chemicals are now used in human medicine
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science requires us to go back over and over again to reevaluate what was concluded
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               tells us what we know but also what we don't know
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goal of excellent science is to both generate knowledge of what we know as well as knowledge of what we don't know
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this is the process of consistent                    inquiry
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steps of scientific inquiry
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1. initiation:                  idea
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what we see doesn't fit with the past
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it becomes                   
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it becomes a value to study
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come up with a structured hypothesis
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2. pre-experimentation
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logical thought experiments
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they cost                but time and concentration
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3. pilot experimentation
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collect and evaluate pilot data
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suite of                      approaches
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measurements, photographs
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4. pilot experimentation
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collect and evaluate pilot         
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5. experimentation
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full data collection and evaluation
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experiments that are done well can cost a lot of time, money and effort
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           is often the limiting factor
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you only want to start this phase when you have the highest possibility of good results
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6. post-experimentation
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synthesis and                             
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modelling which combines the data either logically or with computers
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test directly the original hypothesis
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this stage should never wait until the experiment is over, but should start at some moderate level during the experimentation phase
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continual checks to see if the data you are getting are                         
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7. reiterate and re-initiate
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refine and develop new ideas
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take the results of your work, go to the                   
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ask (A) are the results of your work adequately fulfilling your hypothesis, and (B) what are the other avenues, uncertainties, and unknowns that the result of this process has given you
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in scientific inquiry one is constantly moving in a spiral direction toward a                goal

Spelling Corrections:

accomodate ⇒ accommodate
anomolous ⇒ anomalous

Ideas and Concepts:

On the difference between scientific method and scientific inquiry via this morning's Emergence of Life class: "The scientific method is generally taught as a cookbook approach:(1) ask a question, (2) do background research, (3) construct a hypothesis, (4) test your hypothesis by doing an experiment, (5) analyze your data and draw a conclusion, and (6) communicate your results. The goal has generally been to get some kind of scientific result that you could defend, publish, and have inserted into the lexicon of science. But science is messier and larger than the scientific method, science done well often yields results that you were not looking for and it yields information that has nothing to do with the original hypothesis. Where the scientific method sees this as irrelevant information, the wider focused scientific inquiry sees it as potentially very valuable information and so the scientific inquiry encompasses the scientific method by using it repetitively in the cycle of inquiry."
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