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Quiz #8

True-false (22 pts.)

Enter in the space T if the statement is true, F if the statement is false:

________ 1. The kind of data which involves intervention or manipulation is called descriptive.

________ 2. The kind of reasoning which goes from the specific facts to general concepts is called inductive.

________ 3. A statistic is a characteristic of a population.

________ 4. Science hold its allegiance only to the facts, not social trends.

________ 5. A scientific concept must be falsifiable.

________ 6. Repeated measurements (i.e., replications) are needed to establish a level of confidence in an observation.

________ 7. To reduce bias, replications of different treatments can be arranged either randomly or in complete sets of treatments.

________ 8. The range is a measure of central tendency.

________ 9. In order to market a turfgrass product, it must be shown scientifically to be safe and effective.

________ 10. Much of what we do in "turfgrass science" is the application of knowledge, which some would call engineering.

________ 11. The results in a scientific paper are typically only representative of a particular time and place.

Short answer (8 pts.)

12. List in order the parts of a scientific paper.