Variables
This step answers the original question (was your hypothesis correct?)
What is a CONCLUSION?
Data that has been collected that shows something is true
What is EVIDENCE?
How many times something appears in a data set
What is FREQUENCY?
The variable that you make different in order to test it.
What is an INDEPENDENT/MANIPULATED VARIABLE?
What is the name of the horizontal (side to side) axis?
What is X-AXIS?
Any personal thoughts, feelings, or expectations that could influence an experiment
What is BIAS?
What is MODE?
The variable that changes as a result of the independent variable
What is a DEPENDENT/RESPONDING VARIABLE?
What is the thing you are trying to solve called?
What is the PROBLEM / QUESTION?
Principles and rules that guide behaviour when conducting an experiment
What is ETHICS?
"What did you do this summer?
Camping, Swimming, Reading, Travelling"
What kind of question is this?
What is a CLOSE-LISTED QUESTION?
The variable that stays the same to keep an experiment fair.
What is a CONTROLLED VARIABLE?
What is the name of the vertical (up and down) axis?
What is the Y AXIS?
What is consistency of evidence (if I perform the same experiment again and get similar results, it is _______)
What is RELIABILITY?
What is the mode for the following data set:
Hockey, Swimming, Volleyball, Hockey, Hockey, Volleyball, Hockey, Swimming, Volleyball
What is HOCKEY?
What are the numbers you are measuring by called (hint: starts with an S)
What is SCALE?
How accurately data and evidence shows what was supposed to be measured (if we accurately measured what we were supposed to, the data is __________)
What is VALIDITY?
"What instruments do students in my class play?"
What kind of question is this?
What is an OPEN-ENDED QUESTION?