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| Describe the methodology of “strong inference” |
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(1)Devise alternative hypotheses
(2)Devise an experiment, with alternative possible outcomes, each of which will, as nearly as possible, exclude one or more of the hypotheses
(3)Carry out the experiment to get a clean result
(4)Go to (1). |
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| Draw a schematic of the methodology of strong inference. |
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| Draw a schematic of the methodology of statistical inference. |
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| In what ways are models useful to science? |
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| What is the conclusion of the Meselson-Stahl experiment? |
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| DNA replication is semi-conservative. |
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What is the most salient feature of a model for DNA when one describes DNA replication as “semi-conservative”? |
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The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity,
and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. |
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A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
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The process of reaching such a conclusion. |
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| Elimination of hypotheses through evidence gathering. |
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Calculating the probability that a given hypothesis is correct from
evidence. |
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| model-independent realism |
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The idea that a physical theory or world picture is a model
(generally mathematical in nature) and a set of rules that connect the model to observations. |
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The process of making a copy of a DNA molecule, resulting in two
identical DNA molecules. |
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| conservative DNA replication |
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A parent DNA molecule is completely intact before and
after DNA replication |
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| semi-conservative DNA replication |
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The two strands of a parent DNA molecule are split between the two replicate DNA molecules such that each replicate has one of the parent strands. |
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| What are the four attributes of living organisms? |
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| What attributes of living organisms do viruses lack? |
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| How many “a”s in “van der Waals”? |
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| make a copy; make an exact copy |
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| infectious genetic elements enclosed in a protein coat |
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| the chemical process that occurs within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
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| a substance necessary for metabolism |
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| a molecule that is involved in the maintenance and metabolic processes of living organisms |
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