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RoboBlaster · 03-13-2004, 12:22 PM

Oh man is it ever. Psychologists use the scientific method in their studies, and use sophisticated statistical procedures to make inferences from the results of these studies. As for the claim that different replications of the same study will have different results, you would expect this to happen in any realm of science, due to random chance. A biologist studying mating habits of the fruit fly will have different results in different studies. It's when you take all the findings as a whole that you can understand what is going on more fully. The fundamental assertion of the scientific method is that nothing can be proven. You can only make good inductive inferences. One study alone will not cause a paradigm shift or get any scientist to believe anything beyond a reasonable doubt.

Phychology is the science of behavior and thought processes. And it meets the criteria of science.

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RoboBlaster Psycho Location: Ouuuterrrr Spaaaaacccceeee	Oh man is it ever. Psychologists use the scientific method in their studies, and use sophisticated statistical procedures to make inferences from the results of these studies. As for the claim that different replications of the same study will have different results, you would expect this to happen in any realm of science, due to random chance. A biologist studying mating habits of the fruit fly will have different results in different studies. It's when you take all the findings as a whole that you can understand what is going on more fully. The fundamental assertion of the scientific method is that nothing can be proven. You can only make good inductive inferences. One study alone will not cause a paradigm shift or get any scientist to believe anything beyond a reasonable doubt. Phychology is the science of behavior and thought processes. And it meets the criteria of science. Last edited by RoboBlaster; 03-13-2004 at 12:28 PM..