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| science | Systematic investigation of the natural world based on observations |
| observation | Information gathered from the environment by one's senses. |
| inference | To make a decision based on the available exvidence. |
| universal negative | Statement that excludes everything; often uses words such as all or none. |
| value judgement | Decision regarding the rightness, beauty, worth, or some other unmeasurable characteristic of an object or action. |
| final answer | Answer that is absolutely true and never needs to be rejected, revised or corrected |
| presupposition | When a person assumes something to be true without requiring convincing proof. |
| worldview | Perspective or collection of presuppositions from which one interprets all evidence in life. |
| Christian worldview | A Christian perspective of the world, based on the Bible, usually organized in terms of Creation, Fall, and Redemption |
| Dominion Mandate | Charge that God gave to humans in Genesis to exercise dominion or stewardship over the earth. |
| scientific method | A logical problem solving method that involves experimenting or surveying , observiing and choosing an answer. |
| hypothesis | Educated guess at the solution to a problem |
| data | Recorded information from an experiment or survey |
| survey | Method of data collection that determines how common or rare particular observations are. |
| experiment | Process or situation designed and controlled by a person for the purpose of gaining data about a particular problem; tests a specific hypothesis |
| experimental variable | factor or condition being tested in an experiment |
| experimental group | Group that receives the experimental variable |
| control group | Group in an experiment that is not exposed to the experimental variable. |
| classify | Arrange experimental data so that relationships can be seen. |
| verify | Testing many times and observing the same result each time. |
