Scientific Process
The four steps of the scientific process we have been considering...
1) Make observations/Ask Questions
2) Form a hypothesis
3) Experimentation
4) Share you results
Name an example of a descriptive statistic
What are; mean, variance, standard deviation, standard error
This is the process of having experts in their field of science edit a manuscript proposed for publication in a scientific journal.
What is the peer review process
Public participation in scientific research is known as this.
What is citizen science?
An educated guess, written in the form of a statement or prediction...the foundation of your experimental design.
What is a hypothesis?
Inferential statistics use descriptive statistics to make inferences about a population using a smaller subset of that population known as this.
What is the sample?
Journal of Microbiology is this source type
What is a primary source
Name of the platform we used to volunteer citizen science hours
What is zooniverse
The variable that is being tested
What is the independent variable?
Error bars on a bar graph are calculated using this descriptive statistic
What is the standard error?
Podcast hosts sharing perspectives on a scientific matter is this type of source
What is a tertiary source
A reason that scientists seek the help of citizens for citizen science.
What is;
no cost (cheap labor)
massive amount of data to organize
more eyes are better than few
The variable being measured
What is the dependent variable?
The appropriate graph when describing how data changes over time
What is a line graph?
Another name for peer reviewed literature
What is primary literature?
Citizens are typically involved in this step in the scientific process.
What is data collection?
The opposite of your hypothesis that claims "no difference" will be observed between experimental groups
What is the null hypothesis?
Pearsons R coefficient is calculated using a scatter plot to determine relationships between two variables. If R is positive this indicates what?
What is a positive correlation?
When scientists do a broad review on a scientific topic and publish in a peer-reviewed journal, but the review itself is not peer-reviewed.
What is a secondary source?
Name another platform where citizens can participate in citizen science.
NHMU
iNaturalist
Great Backyard Bird Count