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basic research
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conducted to investigate issues relevant to the confirmation or disconfirmation of theoretical or empirical positions
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applied research
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evaluates real world problem
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science
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employs rigorous scientific methods
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nonscience
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ex: philosophy, may lack any empirical test
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pseudoscience
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false science, a set of theories based on evidence that is not scientific
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scientific explanation
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an explanation based on scienfic methods
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empirical
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based on observation and evidence of the senses
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parsimonious
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explains behavior with the fewest number of assumptions
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post hoc
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after the fact
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psuedoexplanations
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provide a false alternative label for an occurance or event
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circular explanation
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the observed behavior is explained by a concept
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theory
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a partially verified statement of a scientific relationship that cannot be directly observed
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deductive reasoning
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deriving a specific hypothesis from general ideas
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pilot study
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a miniature version of a study
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