James chadwick, like ernest rutherford, had to infer that neutrons were present in
atoms. he made inferences based on observations of the behavior of atoms during
experimental tests. using evidence from rutherford's gold foil experiment, defend the
following claim: scientific knowledge is based on observation and inference.

Respuesta :

The claim that scientific knowledge is based on observation and inference is that science is always about  empirical evidence , and when making observations , we can get some evidences and inference which serves a conclusion gotten on basis of evidence and reasoning.

What is scientific knowledge ?

Science knowledge serves as the knowledge that is based and focus on  empirical evidence.

It should be noted that in  Science disciplines  their is sharing of common rules of evidence  which is needed in  evaluation of  explanations about natural systems.

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