The document outlines key characteristics of the scientific method, including replicability, precision, parsimony, and falsifiability. It emphasizes that theories must be testable and defined with precision, suggesting that simpler explanations are preferred. Additional characteristics listed include verifiability, objectivity, generalization, and systematic study.

1. Characteristics
of
Scientific Method

3. Sahin Sahari
Asst. Professor (Belda College)
Ex-Asst. Professor of ABS Academy (Post Graduate Dept. of Education.)
Ex-Guest Teacher of WBNSOU(Muragacha Govt. College)
Ex-Guest Teacher of Jonepur High School
B.A (Education). M.A(Education). B.Ed. NET(Education). SET(Education)
Ph. D in Education(Contd..)

4. Characteristics of Scientific Method
• Replicability
• Precision
• Parsimony
• Falsifiability

5. Replicability
• When other people follow the same steps in
your research and get the same or identical
result.

6. Precision
• Theoretical concepts, which are often hard to
measure, must be defined with such precision
that others can use those definitions to measure
those concepts and test that theory.

7. Parsimony
• When there are many explanations of a
phenomenon, researchers must accept the simplest
and most logical of them, to prevent explaining
with many complex theories. This concept is
called Parsimony or “Occam’s Razor”.
• Occam’s razor or Ockham’s Razor is a principle
from philosophy.

8. Falsifiability
• A theory must always be stated in a way that it
can be Disproved.
• It must be tested or falsified
• Theories that cannot be tested or falsified are
not scientific theories and any such knowledge
is not scientific knowledge.
• Whose concepts are not accurately measurable
cannot be tested, and is therefore not scientific.

9. Others Characteristics of Scientific
Method
• Verifiability
• Objectivity
• Generalization
• Systematic study
• Control
• Scientific research design
• Power of prediction
• Cause and effect relationship
• Theorization
• Universability

11. Sahin Sahari
Asst. Professor (Belda College)
Ex-Asst. Professor of ABS Academy (Post Graduate Dept. of Education.)
Ex-Guest Teacher of WBNSOU(Muragacha Govt. College)
Ex-Guest Teacher of Jonepur High School
B.A (Education). M.A(Education). B.Ed. NET(Education). SET(Education)
Ph. D in Education(Contd..)