SCMH 1011 MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
That which can be experienced or sensed; observes or measures some sort of phenomena -
ANS empirical
more abstract and cannot be directly sensed as part of the world; tends to imagine a
hypothetical system or model - ANS theoretical
facts, data and other forms of evidence that others can perceive; hold more authority in science
- ANS objective
endeavors, personal beliefs, opinions, intuition and value judgements; politics and art are
examples - ANS subjective
means to just take note of something happening without explaining it; raw data or raw
information - ANS observation
means to attach an explanation to an observation; an explanation of patterns in the data -
ANS interpretation
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, is a condition, law or circumstance that we assume to be true when evaluating observation -
ANS assumption
means measuring the real value of what you are after - ANS accuracy
means taking multiple measurements that faithfully reproduce previous results -
ANS precision
something that happens - ANS phenomena
a set of causes and conditions that give rise to a given phenomenon or pattern -
ANS mechanism
means that two measurements vary in similar ways; can be used to check accuracy -
ANS correlation
science that translates directly into the framework of everyday human activity; examples are
medicine and drug research - ANS applied science
science that does not have a n immediately clear objective or application - ANS basic science
in 1957, the Soviet Union succeeded in launching the worlds first Earth-orbiting satellite; the US
didn't like this so started the "space race" to one up each other - ANS sputnik moments
are the largest-scale and socially relevant challenges we face as our civilization grows, uses more
resources and gets more complicated - ANS grand challenges
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QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
That which can be experienced or sensed; observes or measures some sort of phenomena -
ANS empirical
more abstract and cannot be directly sensed as part of the world; tends to imagine a
hypothetical system or model - ANS theoretical
facts, data and other forms of evidence that others can perceive; hold more authority in science
- ANS objective
endeavors, personal beliefs, opinions, intuition and value judgements; politics and art are
examples - ANS subjective
means to just take note of something happening without explaining it; raw data or raw
information - ANS observation
means to attach an explanation to an observation; an explanation of patterns in the data -
ANS interpretation
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, is a condition, law or circumstance that we assume to be true when evaluating observation -
ANS assumption
means measuring the real value of what you are after - ANS accuracy
means taking multiple measurements that faithfully reproduce previous results -
ANS precision
something that happens - ANS phenomena
a set of causes and conditions that give rise to a given phenomenon or pattern -
ANS mechanism
means that two measurements vary in similar ways; can be used to check accuracy -
ANS correlation
science that translates directly into the framework of everyday human activity; examples are
medicine and drug research - ANS applied science
science that does not have a n immediately clear objective or application - ANS basic science
in 1957, the Soviet Union succeeded in launching the worlds first Earth-orbiting satellite; the US
didn't like this so started the "space race" to one up each other - ANS sputnik moments
are the largest-scale and socially relevant challenges we face as our civilization grows, uses more
resources and gets more complicated - ANS grand challenges
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
