Standards of Proof

*Scale*	*Criterion*	Research Strategy	*Outcome*	Reasoning Process	*Intent*
1	possible	hermeneutics	interpretation (beliefs, opinions, and judgments)	imagination	may be true or may be the case but with no degree of certainty
2	probable	exegesis (establish context stage)	marshal opinion	induction	affording ground for belief
3	plausible	exegesis (formulation of hypotheses stage)	establish informed opinion	deduction	seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance
4	more probable than not	exegesis (falsification stage)	develop facts	deduction	reasonable by a preponderance of the available evidence
5	beyond a reasonable doubt	exegesis (replication and verification stage)	explication (provide meaning and develop theory based upon facts)	deduction	believed with certainty on rational grounds
6	acceptable, statistical, certainty	science (final outcome subject to verification)	explanation (develop theory based upon facts allowing prediction)	deduction	high probability
7	beyond all doubt		an ideal not humanly possible to achieve except in the realm of theology	faith	absolute certainty

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