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Guiding Principles of Scientific Inquiry

Principle 1: Pose significant questions that can be investigated empirically

Principle 2: Link research to theory

Principle 3: Use methods that permit direct investigation of questions

Principle 4: Provide coherent chain of rigorous reasoning

Principle 5:
Replicate and generalize

Principle 6: Transparency and scholarly debate

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