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29 June, 08:50

In your own words, explain how multiple approaches to a scientific investigation can be used to obtain the same result. Provide at least one example in your answer.

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  1. 29 June, 08:54
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    Induction involves using many individual observations to make a generalization.

    This approach can be considered to be moving "from the bottom up".

    As in:

    Item X has characteristic W.

    Item Y has characteristic W.

    Item Z has characteristic W.

    Therefore, all items in the same class as X, Y, and Z should also have characteristic W.

    The Risk of the Inductive Leap

    One could make many individual observations:

    This bee stung me. It is a hymenopteran.

    This wasp stung me. It is a hymenopteran.

    This fire ant stung me. It is a hymenopteran.

    And come to a general conclusion:

    Therefore, all hymenopterans have stingers.

    But you might already see a potential pitfall here.
  2. 29 June, 09:08
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    multiple approaches let you come at things from different angles to see if you still wind up getting the same answer.
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