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Scientific Method
Error and Bias
Systems
Randoms
100
This is a testable prediction based on prior knowledge and observations
What is a hypothesis
100
This is the number of variables that should be tested in an experiment at one time
What is one
100
These experiments happen in the test subjects natural habitat
What are natural experiments
100

Self regulating mechanisms in which the results of a process affect the process itself

Feedback

100

These individuals benefit from spreading misinformation about science

Corporations
Politicians
Aunties/Uncles on Facebook

200
This is the broad explanation based on many experiments and high amounts of data.
What is a theory?
200
In this step, one would gather information by noticing specific details
What is observation
200
This is the likelihood something will happen just by chance
What is probability
200

A network of interdependent components and processes

What is a system

200
This is what you do when their public position doesn't make sense

What is follow the money

300
This is "fake/false" science.
What is pseudoscience?
300

This says that if results cannot be reproduced, then the conclusions are probably incorrect

What is repeatability

300
This is the probability you will flip tails on a quarter
What is 1/2 or 50%
300

A system that exchanges no matter or energy with its surroundings

What is shared a closed system

300

This is an example of pseudoscience

What is horoscopes, fortune telling, etc

400
This is the information you collect during an experiment.
What is data
400
This group in an experiment does NOT receive the independent variable
What is the control group
400
Blind experiments mean this
What is the test subjects don't know whether or not they received the variable
400

Events that destabilize or change the system

What are disturbances?

400

This is allegedly worse than 'damned lies'

What is statistics

500
This means that an experiment can be repeated and that the results will be the same
What is reproducibility
500

This technique can reduce bias in scientific studies

What is experimental design

500
This is when the scientists and the test subjects don't know what they received or what the results should be
What is a double-blind experiment
500

The ability of a system to recover from a disturbance

What is that resilience

500
Dr. Wakefield published that vaccines were related to autism. This is an example of this
What is scientific fraud