Consumer Testing Flashcards
1
Q
What is a hypothesis? Give an example.
A
An hypothesis is an educated guess.
E.g. If I raise the temperature of a cup of water, then the amount of sugar that can be dissolved in it will be increased.
2
Q
Place the terms in correct order: hypothesis, observation, experiment, interpretation.
A
Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Interpretation
3
Q
What is the independant variable?
A
Something that you’re allowed to change in an experiment / What you test.
4
Q
What is the dependant variable?
A
What you can not change in an experiment / What you measure.
5
Q
What are four ways scientific fraud could be carried out?
A
Plagiarism, falsfication, fabrication and ghostwritting
or Manipulation.
