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Mythbuster Analysis
The video Mythbuster’s has unique characteristics that have prompted various scholars to consider it a scientific research. However, based on the real features of the scientific research the video’s analysis does not meet the threshold to be considered as one. The following reasons explain why the study is not scientific: One of the main qualities of scientific research is that it should meet the intended sample of the population. “Mythbuster” analysis does not meet this quality of because among the drunkard considered in the study there was no definite sampling method used. For example, one of the known sampling methods used is stratified.
The study being a qualitative one, the sampling method ought to be stratified method, but the research did not meet this standard. Secondly, for research to be considered scientific, it has to define a specific hypothesis that must be tested in the courses of the research. “Mythbuster” cannot be considered as scientific since it only has a study objective, but lacks a hypothesis hence the finding of the research cannot be tested and conclusion reached. Thirdly, scientific study findings must be manipulated under various conditions in order to reach to an ideal conclusion. “Mythbuster” analysis does not meet such conditions, therefore, manipulation of data collected from research was not evident. In such a case, the results of the analysis lack consistency.
What needs explanation in the study is that the researcher generalized the finding and come up with a conclusion without data testing and verification. In order to improve the study the research should introduce and hypothesis and define the variable used in the study. The improvement offers results manipulation. The conclusion reached by the researcher was based on the perception of the drunkard individuals hence the study lacked accuracy of the information. The rigor of the study was also not attained in the video.
