A Conversation for The Scientific Method
Good, but....
Crescent Started conversation Feb 2, 2000
You forgot to mention the null hypothesis 
BCNU - Crescent
Good, but....
The Cheese Posted Apr 7, 2000
And what's that...?
Sorry for taking nine weeks to reply. I would have had I seen the post here.
Good, but....
Crescent Posted Apr 10, 2000
The null hypothesis, originally a statistical tool, but in the age of quantum uncertainty etc. it has been taken up and used in hard science. Biochem uses it lots. It is basically instead of proving your theory right, you try and prove it wrong. The normal kind of null hypothesis is to say that a study group has no difference to a control group, the experiments are then designed to prove that there is a difference. Hope this helps, if it is confusing just ask and I will try and expain it clearer
BCNU - Crescent
Key: Complain about this post
Good, but....
More Conversations for The Scientific Method
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."