KINE 2049 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Randomized Controlled Trial, Null Hypothesis, Amorality
11 Dec 2017
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The point of research is to try to develop new information, in an organized way, or to modify information that is already present. Ulcers: were rst widely believed to be caused by stress, turns out it is actually caused by a bacteria in your stomach. Best type of research possible is a randomized controlled trial (rct: randomly assigning people to groups, we do this to get rid of alternate hypothesis. Research ideas that we have come from asking the question why . Axiom: a statement that is considered worthy or notable. It is an important idea. here are some scienti c axioms: amorality: knowledge and morality are two separate things. So if you have a stick, is it good or bad? well if i hit you with it its bad, but if i save you with it its a good stick.
