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Peer reviewedMaret, Timothy J.; Ziemba, Robert E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1997
Suggests that early in their education students be taught to use basic statistical tests as rigorous methods of comparing experimental results with scientific hypotheses. Stresses that students learn how to use statistical tests in hypothesis-testing by applying them in actual hypothesis-testing situations. To illustrate, uses questions such as…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Curriculum Evaluation, Higher Education
Gingerich, Owen – Scientific American, 1982
In arguing that the earth circles the sun, Galileo adopted a mode of reasoning that led not only to his prosecution by the church but also to the scientific methodology of hypothesis testing. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Astronomy, College Science, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
