What is Theory ? [ Nut ]

Name: Nuttaporn Teevaranone                                  subject/section: Biology 1B

Date: August 24, 2010                                                Reading Report no: 1

What is a Theory?

Important point:

Theory is basically an ideas or thought. But to scientists, a theory is an explanation of a phenomenon that is testable and falsifiable with many evidences supporting it. It has no collected data to back it up. Theory are formed of numerous hypotheses that using scientific method. Theory explains the data and predicts the outcome of future experiments is formed.



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         I think this article can make us really understand more about the word “Theory”, but this article also very hard to understand.  For me hypothesis and Theory are almost the same but hypothesis is like the small part of Theory. I feel like we can’t make sure with the Theory.  This article make me knows that Theory has no collected data.




Source:

Heger, M. What is a Theory? .Retrieved August 18, 2010 from http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/080521-llm-theory.html