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How do you identify as a scientist?
A scientist is someone who systematically gathers and uses research and evidence, making a hypothesis and testing it, to gain and share understanding and knowledge. A scientist can be further defined by: how they go about this, for instance by use of statistics (Statisticians) or data (Data scientists)
What makes a scientist credible?
The scientific culture defines very clearly what “credible” means to it: Scientists are believable when they stay within their data and interpret those data properly. They are not to be believed when they go beyond their data or other- wise misuse them. – credibility criteria are being employed.
Can I call myself a scientist?
You can call yourself a scientist if you work in a scientific field and actually write papers reporting the work. The alternative is that you are a technician or technologist or maybe a research associate.
How do you call a scientist?
What is another word for scientist?
| analyst | chemist |
|---|---|
| examiner | expert |
| genius | inventor |
| physicist | prober |
| professor | tester |
What is reliable science?
When a scientist repeats an experiment with a different group of people or a different batch of the same chemicals and gets very similar results then those results are said to be reliable. Reliability is measured by a percentage – if you get exactly the same results every time then they are 100\% reliable.
What is validity science?
Validity is a holistic evaluation of scientific investigations and relies on all aspects of investigations to be accurate or precise and reliable. For example, ‘accuracy’, ‘precision’ and ‘internal reliability’ are used interchangeably.
Do doctors count as scientist?
Plus, the definition of “scientist” includes someone learned in science, and so a physician absolutely is a scientist. Traditionally trained physicians learn physics and chemistry, biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and later, anatomy and physiology basics.