What Is an Essential Characteristic of the Scientific Method

question 31

Multiple Choice

What is an essential characteristic of the scientific method?

• A)Uncertainty of the question becomes an absolute certainty after using the method.
• B)The questions asked are designed to always prove that the hypothesis is incorrect.
• C)Scientific observations always support the questions asked.
• D)The hypotheses are always testable by careful observation and/or experiment.

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Definitions:

Average Variable Cost

The total variable costs of production divided by the number of units produced, indicating the variable cost per unit.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale as fixed costs are spread out over more units of output.

Diseconomies of Scale

The phenomenon where production costs per unit increase as a firm or production process scales up, contrary to economies of scale where costs decrease.

Boeing

An American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide.