FEATURES OF A SCIENCE
REPLICABILITY
PARADIGM
FALSIFIABILITY
OBJECTIVITY
EMPIRICAL METHOD
REPLICABILITY
EXTENT TO WHICH SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURES AND FINDINGS CAN BE REPEATED BY OTHER RESEARCHERS
PARADIGM
A SET OF SHARED ASSUMPTIONS AND AGREED METHODS WHITH A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE
FALSIFIABILITY
PRINCIPLE THAT A THEIRY CANNOT BE SCIENTIFIC UNLESS IT ADMITS THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING PROVEN UNTRUE
OBJECTIVITY
WHEN ALL SOURCES OF PERSONAL BIAS ARE MINIMISED, SO THE PROCESS ISN’T DISTORTED OR INFLUENCED
EMPIRICAL METHOD
SCIENTIFIC APPROACHES THAT ARE BASED ON THE GATHERING OF EVIDENCE THROUGH DIRECT OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCE