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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of scientific modeling. The importance of modeling to contemporary issues such as global warming is suggested. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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paper will explore the utility of models to science as a whole, with a special focus on the importance of predictive atmospheric modeling. Firstly, one must have an understanding
of how models are utilized in science. The easiest way to come to such an understanding is to realize that models are actually used in day to day life. Simply
put, models are a standardized way of quantifying or observing a phenomenon that could not otherwise be directly observed, and they are used in a huge variety of circumstances (Pease
& Bull 2000). When one looks at a bottle of ketchup, for instance, one cannot easily and accurately tell every ingredient that has been used in the bottle; therefore, one
needs to look at the ingredient list, which is a model of the chemical constitution of the ketchup (Pease & Bull 2000). Similarly, looking at a scorecard for a baseball
game is looking at a model of the game itself; the events of the game are reduced to a quantifiable, easily recognizable form (Pease & Bull 2000). Of course, the
ingredients list is not the same as a bottle of ketchup, just as a hitters batting average is not the same as a real swing of the bat; nevertheless, these
models of chemical makeup and statistical probability convey meaningful information about each of the real life phenomena to which they refer. These are very simplistic examples of scientific models,
but they serve to illustrate an important point: models are used in every aspect of scientific understanding. The easiest way to understand this ubiquity is to think of models as
being analogous to hypotheses ("Role" 2011). Most understand the role that the hypothesis plays in the scientific method, and the point of a model is exactly the same: it is
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