1.5 Experimental Design

Question 1

What is a dependent variable?

Answer 1

the effect, relys/changes based on the independent variable. if the independent variable changes, so does this

Question 2

What is an independent variable?

Answer 2

the cause, doesn’t depend on anything

Question 3

What is a control group?

Answer 3

standards to which comparisons are made in an experiment

Question 4

What is an experimental group?

Answer 4

the thing being tested and how you test it

Question 5

What axis does the independent variable go on?

Answer 5

x-axis

Question 6

What axis does the dependent variable go on?

Answer 6

y-axis

Question 7

What is an hypothesis?

Answer 7

a scientific question normally in the format, if ___, then ___, because ___.

Question 8

What is an example of a hypothesis?

Answer 8

If I eat these cookies, then I will get into big trouble and get fat, because my mom told me not to eat any and they are bad for you.

Question 9

What is the independent variable in the cookie hypothesis?

Answer 9

My mom telling me not to eat the cookies, and cookies being bad for you.

Question 10

What is the dependent variable in the cookie hypothesis?

Answer 10

Me getting into trouble, and me getting fat.

Question 11

What is standard deviation?

Answer 11

statistics that measure the spread/range of a specific group

Question 12

What does a standard deviation chart look like?

Answer 12

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