In order to receive full credit for discussion posts...

1. Complete the discussion post per the instructions provided with the assignment.

A basic discussion post is between 150-250 words. No penalty is given for going over the word count.

So what is the scientific method anyway? Use one of the following studies Here is a great website to find journal articles.....APA and Affiliated Journals - Home - APA. (A slightly different sample assignment is located here. Use the questions below to answer instead of the ones in the sample.) Answer the following questions to determine if your study would meet the criteria for a reliable and verifiable study. Remember, just because a study uses official language or and is published in print does not make the study accurate, true, or scientific. Review the article for assistance with answering the questions. Please include a website link for your article and respond to a fellow classmate.

10 Questions to Ask about Scientific Studies (berkeley.edu)

1. Did the study appear in a peer-reviewed journal?
2. Who was studied and where?
3. How big was the sample?
4. Did the researchers control for key differences?
5. Was there a control group?
6. Did the researchers establish causality, correlation, dependence, or some other kind of relationship?
7. Is the journalist, or even the scientist, overstating the results?
8. Is there any conflict of interest suggested by the funding or the researchers' affiliations?
9. Does the researcher seem to have an agenda?
10. Do the researchers acknowledge limitations and entertain alternate explanations?