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How Science Works

The Scientific Method.

Science has its own language.
You will find science much easier to understand if you learn
some of the words of this language.

Anything that happens is called a phenomenon.
Things generally are called phenomena.

Information which comes from making measurements is called data.
When data is used to try to tell if things are true or false,
the data is called evidence.
The scientific method says that we can only use evidence
 which is reliable and valid.
Measurements which are both accurate and precise
provide the highest quality data and therefore the best evidence.

A person who understands the scientific method
can make intelligent comments about evidence.
Evidence may be used by people to make decisions
about what we do and how we live.

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