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  1. Aug 2025
    1. Instead, the theory-data cycle is like a gamble: Researchers place a public bet in advance that the study will come out in favor of the theory. They are willing to risk being wrong every time they collect data.

      In the text it states "They are willing to risk being wrong every time they collect data". Upon reading about the theory data cycle It immediately clicks in my head that I use this cycle probably every day whether it was thinking of a plan to get my mom to say yes to something or if it was being used in an actual science class. I got the urge to look up on google and see if "All" scientist use this cycle when trying to be a producer of researcher, to my surprise it says No..What other ways (and how) are they doing things with out going through numerous trials and errors?

    2. Instead, the theory-data cycle is like a gamble: Researchers place a public bet in advance that the study will come out in favor of the theory. They are willing to risk being wrong every time they collect data.

      In the text it states "They are willing to risk being wrong every time they collect data". Upon reading about the theory data cycle It immediately clicks in my head that I use this cycle probably every day whether it was thinking of a plan to get my mom to say yes to something or if it was being used in an actual science class. I got the urge to look up on google and see if "All" scientist use this cycle when trying to be a producer of researcher, to my surprise it says No..What other ways (and how) are they doing things with out going through numerous trials and errors?