In the context of the spiral of Scientific Method, the verification phase is represented between which two cardinal points?

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UGC NET Library & Information Science Paper 2 - 24 Nov 2021 Official Paper

Answer 1

The Correct answer is Descendent and Nadir.

Key Points

In the context of the spiral of the Scientific Method, the verification phase is represented between Descendent and Nadir.

Quadrant	Span/Situation	Phase of Research	Method/Tool
I	N-A South West	Empirical	Experience and observation/ literature survey
II	A-Z North West	Hypothesizing	Intitution & Imagination
III	Z-D North East	Deductive	Intellection/ Logic/Statistics
IV	D-N South East	Verification	Applications/ Mathematics

Additional Information

To demonstrate that librarianship is a science S.R. Ranganathan (1892-1972) in the second edition of his classic Five Laws of Library Science (1957) added a chapter entitled “Spiral of Scientific Method”
Structure of the Spiral
- The spiral moves forward in a clockwise direction.
- The lowest end of the vertical line is called the nadir – literally means the lowest point.
- The upper end of the vertical line is called Zenith –the highest point.
- The left horizontal line is called Ascendency i.e., going upwards.
- The right end of the horizontal line is called descendent – which means going downwards.
In this first quadrant (called the empirical phase) data is collected empirically and the problem may be refined further.
In the second quadrant (called the hypothesis phase) the data is collected, tabulated, classified, and analyzed.
In the third quadrant (called the deductive phase) laws are deduced with the help of deductive logic.
The fourth quadrant is also known as the verification phase. Here the laws formulated in the third quadrant are tested and verified, and further, some higher generalizations may be drawn.