Predictive Scope

Multiple Choice

Predictive scope

A) maintains that a theory has merit and is useful to the extent that it accurately predicts what is observed
B) maintains that if two competing theories are essentially equal in terms of the first two criteria, then the less complicated one is considered more "elegant"
C) asserts that a theory must have the quality of being falsifiable or disprovable
D) refers to the scope or range of the theory and thus the scope or range of the hypotheses that can be derived from it