Account for the change in popular attitude toward science and evaluate the effect it has had upon the discipline. ... But, recently there has been a backlash against science as a discipline and a solution to the problems of humanity. ... These debates over human cloning and "weapons of mass destruction" have drastically changed the discipline of science. ... The changing popular attitude towards science has had some dramatic effects on the discipline and the way it is taught today. Science was previously a discipline in which all "advancements" were celebrated, but now someone in th...

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It is also important that the researcher have the discipline to write down and primarily analyze the data as soon as possible because our memory is limited and constructive which can affect the accurateness of data. Hence, the quality of data is depends on the self-discipline of the researcher. ...

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When Robert Pirsig suggested that science was traditionally concerned with truth, while art was traditionally concerned with beauty, he was both right, and wrong. Science and art appear to be very separate studies, but they also rely heavily on each other. The Greek word for art is techne, which t...

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Is sociology value free? "Can Sociology Be Value Free?" Value neutrality is a term used by Weber to indicate the necessary objectivity researchers need when investigating problems in the social sciences. Weber also cautioned against the making of value judgements which coincide with the o...

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Ethnography is a description of peoples or cultures and involves the researcher going into the "field" to experience life with the chosen culture. Early anthropologists used ethnography to find out about societies different from their own, such as small "endangered" tribes in far off lands. As Den...

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Not only did these regulations leave many scientific questions unanswered, and many important discoveries lost in the midst of political and scientific controversy; it also confined science as a discipline open to only the upper-class and wealthy, not the working class majority. Brecht, being a Marxist, did not agree with this closed scientific system and believed scientific research should be open to all who wished to explore the discipline. ...

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In addition, they attack concepts that originate from the founding fathers of each discipline (i.e. ... In addition, Smith repudiates the idea that Sociology can be a science challenging therefore directly positivist ideas concerning the status of this discipline within the social sciences. ...

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Nowadays, the fast advancement of science and technology and the enormous growth brought about unprecedented progress of human civilization and profound social change. Based on advanced technology and sustained innovation, high-tech industries made swift transformation of knowledge into products and...

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ENG 214: RESEARCH METHODS LECTURERS: Mrs Abdulsalam Nike and Mr Mathias Orhero This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge, methods and technicalities of research writing. In every institution of the world, students must submit a form of research work or another as a pre-requisite for graduation. This research usually adopts names such as project, long essay, thesis, dissertation, term paper, etc. It is mandatory for students to show how well they know their area of study and contribute to the general frontiers of such area of study. This is why this course is important bec...

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Modern science is the practice of skepticism. Skepticism is defined as acritical attitude which systematically questions the notion that absolute knowledge and certainty are possible...in particular fields? (Skeptic's Dictionary), meaning that modern science is the understanding that current scientificknowledge? is never infallible and that methods and truths must constantly evolve. Someone who experiments and constantly questions norms is a modern scientist. ...

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In the traffic environment one aspect that occupies several disciplines is the aspect of traffic safety. All disciplines have to think about that different traffic safety measures have other effects than just reducing the risk of being killed or injured, such as increased travel time, inconvenience, environmental impact, etc. ...

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1. Introduction As the title of this chapter suggests, the discussion here will approach our experimental findings from three different perspectives. First we consider the implications of our work for L2 instruction and materials design. Then we discuss problems in the research and how they can be addressed. Finally, we propose a plan for investigating important questions raised by our experiments. ...

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