Nt1310 Unit 2 Analysis
Unit 2 Analysis: Social Inquiry All types of research are based on assumptions of how others see the world and how they can best come to comprehend that perception. This being said, social inquiry may be based on the everyday assumptions that the world makes when researching all things. While there is that similarity, there are many differences
Scientific inquiry is a means of acquiring an explanation of an inquiry in the natural world by analyzing, studying and assembling data that will either confirm or disprove your initial hypothesis. “Although closely related to science processes, scientific inquiry extends beyond the mere development of process skills such as observing, inferring, classifying, predicting, measuring, questioning, …show more content…
It is also the type of inquiry that does not try to uncover responses to inquiries about things other than the natural world, such as beliefs or opinions. However, assumptions are used in scientific inquiries in the form of forming hypothesis. Both work together in some ways, but contradict each other in others.
Claims being made in scientific inquiries come from the researcher’s curiosity about any subject they are researching or testing. That claim is the answer to the question that the researcher has posed in the research documentation. Evidence and reasoning are used to back up the claim being made.
Claims in assumptions come from a researcher’s beliefs or opinions about a particular situation or subject which they may feel strongly or inadequately. In many cases, the claim of assumption is the question with which the researcher will use scientific inquiries and eventually claims of scientific inquiry about. These are more common in everyday life rather than scientific inquiries, however.
One example of a scientific inquiry might be about dogs and humans and their relationships. Some questions regarding that topic might be as
Scientific inquiry is a means of acquiring an explanation of an inquiry in the natural world by analyzing, studying and assembling data that will either confirm or disprove your initial hypothesis. “Although closely related to science processes, scientific inquiry extends beyond the mere development of process skills such as observing, inferring, classifying, predicting, measuring, questioning, …show more content…
It is also the type of inquiry that does not try to uncover responses to inquiries about things other than the natural world, such as beliefs or opinions. However, assumptions are used in scientific inquiries in the form of forming hypothesis. Both work together in some ways, but contradict each other in others.
Claims being made in scientific inquiries come from the researcher’s curiosity about any subject they are researching or testing. That claim is the answer to the question that the researcher has posed in the research documentation. Evidence and reasoning are used to back up the claim being made.
Claims in assumptions come from a researcher’s beliefs or opinions about a particular situation or subject which they may feel strongly or inadequately. In many cases, the claim of assumption is the question with which the researcher will use scientific inquiries and eventually claims of scientific inquiry about. These are more common in everyday life rather than scientific inquiries, however.
One example of a scientific inquiry might be about dogs and humans and their relationships. Some questions regarding that topic might be as