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Experimental Design
Measurement
Graphing
Scientific Method
Grab Bag
100
the variable that is being manipulated by the experimenter
What is the independent variable?
100
the base unit for VOLUME in the metric system
What is the liter?
100
data that is counted, cannot be measured
What is discrete data?
100
a prediction of how the experiment will go
What is a hypothesis?
100
True or False: the mood of the students in Mr. Spangler classroom is considered a quantitative variable.
What is False?
200
something that remains the same throughout an experiment
What is a constant?
200
complete the following conversion: 5.65 km = _____________ cm
What is 565,000 cm?
200
the type of graph you would use when looking at the distribution (or variability) of different carrots' lengths
What is a frequency plot?
200
using your senses, you make this
What is an observation?
200
the formula for density
What is D = M/V?
300
the IV and DV in the following example: If I put higher voltage batteries in my flashlight, then the light will be brighter.
What is IV = voltage of battery, DV = brightness of light?
300
how you would measure the volume of a cube
What is l x w x h?
300
the type of graph you would use when graphing number of people with birthdays in January, February, March, etc.
What is a bar graph?
300
carrying out a procedure to help support or not support the hypothesis is called a __________________.
What is an experiment or testing the hypothesis?
300
what it means if you got a p-value of 0.1 when running a t-test on your set of data
What is does not show statistical significance and cannot reject the null hypothesis?
400
the group that DOES NOT receive the treatment, and is used for comparison.
What is the control group?
400
find the DENSITY of the material described below. M = 1.45 Dg , V = 0.268 dL
What is 0.54 g/mL?
400
where the variables go on a graph. X axis has a ______________ variable and Y axis has the ______________ variable
What is x-axis = IV, y-axis = DV?
400
the step where you explain what your data means and say whether your hypothesis was supported or not.
What is the conclusion?
400
the appropriate type of graph in the following situation: U.S. Total Energy Consumption by Type
What is a pie graph?
500
the null hypothesis in the following experiment: Your score on a test depends on how much you study.
What is no matter how much you study, you will receive the same score on the test?
500
describe three statistics used when looking at central tendency of a data set
What is mean = average value, median = center value, mode = most common value?
500
the difference between a histogram and a dot plot
What is the histogram uses intervals, whereas dot plot use exact values?
500
the steps of scientific method in order.
What is observation --> question --> hypothesis --> test hypothesis --> analyze results --> draw conclusions?
500
five major parts of a graph
What is title, IV, DV, scale, and legend?