The material presented below covers the foundations of scientific thinking, scientific methods, pitfalls, and presentation of results. The materials are organized into four thematic blocks. Each topic includes four videos of approximately ten minutes each and is designed to support both independent study and classroom use.
Structure and Topics
1. Science – The foundations of scientific inquiry: the nature of science, types of reasoning, falsifiability, and the scientific practices that support reliability and reproducibility.
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2. Scientific Method – The research process from observation and hypothesis formulation to experimentation, testing, and the development of models and theories across quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods.
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3. Scientific Pitfalls – Common sources of error and misjudgment, including cognitive biases, logical fallacies, and pseudoscientific reasoning.
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4. Scientific Outreach – The communication of research through scientific writing, peer review, presentation, and consideration of new tools such as generative AI.
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Guidance for Use
These videos have been used to complement live sessions with group exercises, providing background material for deeper discussion and application. I’m happy to share also that material upon request.
This site has a set of resources, and in particular videos for teaching basic concepts of scientific research, particularly for computer scientists at a university. The material is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 (CC BY-SA) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0