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Scientific discovery and its role in sports science

Carl Foster ; University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
James D. Anholm ; Loma Linda Healthcare System, Loma Linda, USA
Thomas Best ; The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
Daniel Boullosa ; Catholic University of Brasillia, Brazil
Maria L. Cress ; University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
Jos J. de Koning ; Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Carlos Goncalves ; University of Coimbria, Portugal
Chelsea Hahn ; University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
Alejandro Lucia ; European University of Madrid, Spain
John P. Porcari ; University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
David D. Pyne ; Australian Institute of Sport, Australia
Jose A. Rodriguez-Marroyo ; University of Leon, Spain
Stephen Seiler ; University of Agdar, Norway

Abstract

Scientific discovery is about a search for the Truth, for the consistent and predictable in how the universe works. Using a particular method of inquiry, the scientific method, and with acknowledgement of the inherently self-correcting nature of science, scientific inquiry moves forward incrementally to ever closer approximations of the Truth. This paper reviews the history of scientific inquiry, the methodology of the scientific method, including the necessity for hypothesis testing and development of the probability that a particular answer is a closer approximation of the Truth than previous answers have been. It also discusses some of the pitfalls of scientific inquiry, and areas in which the search for Truth may be corrupted.

Keywords

scientific method; hypothesis; paradigm

Hrčak ID:

168675

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/168675

Publication date:

23.12.2016.

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