Define that Term
The type of manipulations in an experiment that the researchers change
What are Independent Variables?
The opposite of science, some of its key features include a lack of peer reviews, using "ballpark measurements" and seeing criticism as conspiracy
What is Pseudo-Science?
DEFINE: The group of people chosen to be in the study
What is a Sample?
Ruthless peer-review, verifiable results, accurate measurement, and this field invites criticism
What are Key Features of Science?
A study was created to see if the type of baseball bat a professional baseball player uses correlates with exit velocity. They chose to manipulate the type of bat to affect the velocity. Since the velocity (hypothetically) changes based on the bat, it is known as...
What is the Dependent Variable?
For example, there's a large sample of 20 people, and you want to experiment with 10 of them. You select ten at random and begin the experiment. This method of choosing a group is called...
What is a Simple Random Sample
How many people in a certain area share the same characteristics
What is Population?
Ice cream sales and shark attacks are related because the hot weather increases ice cream sales but also increases the amount of people who swim, thus increasing the number of shark attacks.
What is a Confounding Variable?
There's a large sample of 20 people, but you only need 10 spots, so you decide to take five men and five women and randomize them. What is this called?
What is a Stratified Random Sample?
May only occur if there are no confounding variables, the cause must create the effect, and this cause and effect must directly relate. These steps are taken to avoid correlation.
What is Causation?
A hockey team is beginning a season, and they need to pick new captains for the year. They ask them to fill out some questions based on their values. What is this called?
What is a Survey?
A test is given to 2 different classes. However, they are both taught a new method by the same teacher, and their test scores are examined. This is called....
What is a Quasi-experimental design study?
The idea that the two trends have some relation to each other, for example, there is a direct correlation between the more lemons imported from Mexico, the fewer highway deaths in America
What is Coorelation?
You and a group of people are given the same drug, but you all have different health conditions. Yo continues taking different drugs at the same time for them to see how it affects them. What is this called?
What is an Experimental Study?