Evidence That Can Be Defined As Non Scientific Reports?

10. What is anecdotal data? Testimonies by individuals rather than results from a controlled, clinical study which isn’t reliable. Why is it considered unreliable supporting scientific information? Because it’s subjective.

In laboratory experiments all variables are under the control of the researcher, the researcher will obtain their results from taking two groups which are identical. One group will be the control group and the other will be the experimental group. The researcher will then alter the independent variable in the experimental group to see if the variable that the researcher is investigating changes in any way when compared to the control group. If there is

Confirmation bias is when a person would rather try to confirm or support a hypothesis than try to prove it. For example, in the Wason Task each card is either “E,” “J,” “6,” or “7,” which follows

Confirmation bias is the tendency for a person to search for information that solely helps support their opinion or hypothesis. For example, I’ve observed the media doing this a lot. One example that’s trending now, is that Kylie Jenner is pregnant. The media keeps going on and on about it, although none of the family members have confirmed this. The media seems to keep bringing to light the fact that she’s wearing baggy clothes, buying a box of donuts, or having a party in her backyard, which they say was her baby shower. They media ignores the fact that she’s a teenager and lots of teenagers eat unhealthy. Or the fact that she always hosts lots of different events for other people at her house, which we see on their show. The media

Double-blind Procedure- An experimental procedure in which both the research participants and he research staff are ignorant (blind) about whether the research participants have received the treatment or a placebo. Commonly used in drug-evaluation studies.

The study was experimental because: 1) the researchers did manipulate the independent variables, and 2) Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups.

Confirmation bias is something that every person is susceptible to, unless you know that you’re doing it. Confirmation bias is our tendency to seek out information that we already believe to be true. This affects how you interpret information, how you seek information, and also how you remember things. When you look at the world around you, it is the conformation bias in your head that is telling you certain things to pay attention to more than others. Your brain tends to seek out evidence that confirms your beliefs about something. You often do this because you do not want to be wrong about something and will do anything

The group who took the pill were all the same patients of one doctor with the same problem: aspiring actors with a stutter. The other group given the placebo had a different doctor and they had a speech problem from childhood. It didn't seem like a random assignment. I would like to see what happens if the latter group with childhood speaking problems would have taken the drug. The researchers should have mixed both groups together to make random groups. Random assignment assures that each patient has an equal opportunity to be assigned to either experimental group. This is used in experiments to ensure that differences and similarities between people in the groups don't mess up the results of the experiment. In this study, random assignment was not used. Bias can also be a problem that effects the results. If the researchers already have a bias opinion on what will happen to a certain group when they take the medication then it could easily mess up all the results. Bias is an opinion the researcher or participant may have before the experiment is even conducted and with these preconceived thoughts, it could change the true results. It is a good idea to have a double-blind procedure which is where both the participant and researcher are blind to who is getting the treatment. This helps with any pre-expectations and can help researcher get more accurate results. The results of this

Bias is something every person has; It is the inclination to feel prejudice towards a certain person, subject, or thing. On a personal level, bias affects just about everything a person could encounter, or has yet to encounter in their lifetime. There are two main types of biases people can have; Cognitive bias involves topics such as social attribution or memory errors, that are quite common and have a wide range of effects on how humans perceive things. The other type of bias is called social biases, or sometimes referred to as attributional bias. Attributional biases affect our everyday social interactions, and has a strong impact on people when trying to assess their own and others behaviors.

7. Controlled experiment- An experiment that only tests one variable and the group being tested (experimental group) is compared to the control group (the group that isn’t testing the variable).

Confirmation bias is a tendency of people to prefer information that reinforces a thought or believe that they have. People demonstrate this bias when they retain information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotional issues and for deeply rooted beliefs. (Science Daily)

The confirmation bias is the tendency to search for information that confirms our ideas and beliefs. This arises from our eargences to get a good solution. Often times most peopel seek evidence that supports thier ideas more readily than they search for facts that might refute them. Karen for example is using examples from the past regarding the election and who has won to demonstarte that her brother will win. "Karen your can't be serious. What about the issues, such as school poilces and procedures?" "Those issues don't matter. Regina Hoyt won becauseh she was populr last year. The only real issue is popularoty." This is an example of how Karen is searching for information that confirms her ideas that he brother will win the election because

What has become known as Confirmation bias is the tendency people have to embrace information that supports their beliefs and reject information that contradicts them (Kolbert, 2017). The crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington Kentucky in 2006 due to pilot error is a good example of confirmation bias. It is believed the flight crew convinced themselves they were on the right runway due runway lights that they were told were unserviceable in a previous flight. On the flight’s voice recorder, the pilots never appeared confused (Ortiz, Patton, & Ku, 2007). It was a classic example of confirmation bias, the act of only seeing evidence supporting their preconceptions, investigators said (Ortiz, Patton, & Ku, 2007).

Example of empirical knowledge -During my clinical, I have gained empirical knowledge in medication administration when giving medication to my assigned residents.

It is now accepted worldwide that before a drug is brought into routine use its efficacy, safety, and the balance between two need to be formally demonstrated. The efficacy of new drugs nowadays is almost invariably established with a technique known as ‘randomized controlled trial’.