Fill in the blanks with the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

1		A is designed to account for known relationships among given variables and behavior, generate new research questions through deductive reasoning.
2		Published research offers a nearly limitless source of observation.
3		Your own ongoing or previous research can be a source of ideas.
4		To be answerable by application of the scientific method, a question must be .
5		Without the use of definitions, a question cannot be answered meaningfully within the scientific method.
6		A question is probably if the answer can support only one among several competing hypotheses or theoretical views.
7		A(n) is a partially verified statement of a scientific relationship that cannot be directly observed.
8		A specific implementation of a more general theoretical view is termed a(n) .
9		A is a theory that has been substantially verified.
10		A good way to determine what behavior a theory predicts under given circumstances is to construct a .
11		A(n) describes how a behavioral system works.
12		Any theory that is not quantitative is .
13		A(n) theory merely describes relationships.
14		A(n) theory explains a relationship by borrowing from well-understood models.
15		The range of situations to which a theory may be legitimately applied is its .
16		A theory that is capable of failing an empirical test is said to be .
17		A theory is if it accounts for a phenomenon with few assumptions.
18		When you test a theory by looking for evidence that supports it, you are using a(n) strategy.
19		When you test a theory by looking for evidence that contradicts it, you are using a(n) strategy.
20		Platt (1964) referred to a process of proposing alternative theories, eliminating one or more of them through experimental tests and continuing until one theory remained. He termed this process .
21		Research that is organized around testing the specific implications of a theory is said to be driven.