A
Information collected using specific methods for a specific purpose
Data
Something you don’t understand but you can do an experiment to help you understand
Problem
An educated guess
Hypothesis
A procedure carried out to gather data and observations
Experiment
A way to look at data in an organized fashion
Graph
An established or an official way of doing something
Procedure
Summarize the results that support or contradict the hypothesis
Conclusion
Showing your results to other scientists
Share
Using new information and what you already know to reason as to what is happening
Inference
A tryout or an experiment to test quality value or usefulness
Trials
What is observed before the experiment takes place
Initial Observation
Series of steps followed to solve problems
Scientific Method
Not constant or having a fixed pattern
Variable
The group in an experiment that does not receive treatment by the researchers
Control Group
Is a number that fixed or known and doesn’t change
Constant
What happens after the experiment
Analyze the data
A variable whose value depends on that of another
Dependent Variable
Variables that the experimenter changes to test their dependent variable
Independent Variable
People are given a fake treatment, but believe that they are receiving real treatment and report an improvement in their conditions.
Placebo Effect
Making a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past experience or evidence
Prediction