Welcome to Sheetal Chopra Classes LECTURE NO. 8 Follow me for more on my yt channel SHEETALCHOPRACLASSES THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR RESEARCH Objectives When you have completed this section, you should be able to • describe the inductive and hypothetico-deductive methods of obtaining scientific knowledge; • describe some aspects of experimental design that help to ensure objective and reliable results; and • explain what is meant by hypothesis,peer reviews, fact, law, and theory in Science. INTRODUCTION Prior to the seventeenth century, Science was done in a haphazard way by a small number of isolated individuals. The philosophers Francis Bacon (1561–1626) in England and René Descartes (1596–1650) in France envisioned science as a far greater, systematic enterprise with enormous possibilities for human health and welfare. Bacon and Descartes are credited with putting science on the path to modernity, not by discovering anything new in nature or inventing any techniques—for ne...
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN MEDICAL SCIENCE