Experiment Design
An organized procedure to study something under controlled conditions.
Information gathered by observation or experimentation.
What is data?
The variable that affects another variable.
What is the independent variable?
Examples include:
Superposition
Things with mass attract each other
Objects at rest will stay at rest until acted upon by another force.
What is a Law?
After analyzing data, what does a scientist do?
What is conclusion.
All the measurements and data scientists gather in support of a scientific explanation.
What is Empirical Evidence.
A standard used for comparison is the _____________.
What is control.
Using your senses to gather information is called
What is observation.
True or False: a theory can turn into a law.
What is...
False
A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific explanation.
What is hypothesis?
Relating to data that is expressed as a number or quantity.
What is quantative data?
This is a variable that changes in response to the independent variable.
What is the dependent variable.
What is Prediction?
This is a basic principle of nature that always occurs under certain conditions.
Repeating an activity over and over again and hoping for the same results.
What is repetition?
Relating to data expressed as a quality.
What is qualitative data?
In a graph, the dependent variable will always be on this axis.
What is the Y axis?
You can use these to make both inferences and predictions
A _________ is a scientific explanation to pattern in the world. These can be supported by scientific evidence, but may be proven wrong overtime because of new technology.
What is a theory?
After an experiment, the data did not support the hypothesis. The next step is to...
What is
- make a new testable question?
- ask another scientist to replicate experiment?
The 2nd-4th (or more) columns in a data table are reserved for the dependent variable. The data is typically ___________.
What is quantitative?
In a data table, the 1st column will always reflect this variable.
"This class is ready for the test" is an example of...
What is inference?
Examples include:
Continental Drift
Plum Pudding Atom Model
Geocentric Universe
What is a theory?