Key words
What do we call formalized information that is gathered during research?
Data.
What do we call the process of organizing questions, data, evidence and theory into scientific knowledge?
Research design
OR
Scientific method
Name two ways we can present data.
Summary statistics, graphs, tables
What do we call data that proves our statements?
Evidence
Name at least three stages of the scientific method
Observation, Hypothesis, Measurement, Experiment, Conclusion
Name three ways we can describe data using numbers.
Mean, median, frequencies.
What do we call a statement that needs to be proven with research?
Hypothesis
What do we call a document that describes the main points of our research?
Research proposal
If we count the number of times each category appears in the data, we get a...
Bar graph
A statement about the previously unknown relationship between phenomena is called...
Inference
Name all the levels of theoretical statements and knowledge that you can remember.
Observation, hypothesis, proven statement, theory, paradigm.
What type of chart is used to describe grouping in the data and relationships between variables?
Scatter plot
The ability of a variable to measure what it is supposed to measure is called...
validity
Describe experimental methodology using as many scientific words as you can.
Treatment group, control group, treatment effect isolation
Which type of chart has Egor described as the most useless?
Pie/doughnut charts