Scientific Method
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Making an Observation.
What are the two types of observation?
What is Direct and Indirect Observation?
To test your hypothesis, you would need to run a controlled one of these.
An Experiment.
This type of study is about numbers and measurements (length, width, height, etc.)
What is Quantitative Measurement.
True or False: The Scientific Method is a rigid set of steps that never changes it's order.
False
This type of study is about qualities (color, texture, etc.)
What is Qualitative Measurement.
Who changes the independent variable?
A hypothesis must be both _________ and _________.
Testable and Falsifiable.
The group of people you use to study in an experiment, it's better with more people!
Your sample size
What is the control in an experiment?
Variables that are not being studied that are held constant so that they do not influence the experimental outcome
Define Data Analysis.
The calculation and examination of your data to come to a conclusion about what you tested.
What are the two types of science?
Discovery Science and Hypothesis Based Science.
Find the independent and dependent variables in the following experiment: People will either listen to music while taking the test or take a test in silence, then the scores will be compared to see if music students scored higher.
What is Independent- Presence of Music
Dependent- test scores