Researchers who study scientific thinking among trained and untrained adolescents and adults find that one of the most difficult aspects of science for people understand is that
a. scientific knowledge is constructed by humans by collecting data and revising theories rather than discovering a hidden truth.
b. hypotheses need to be tested by collecting evidence.
c. one needs to cite evidence in support of one’s theory.
d. in any particular scientific question, some variables are causal and some are non-causal.
Answer: a. scientific knowledge is constructed by humans by collecting data and revising theories rather than discovering a hidden truth.
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