How Science Works Flashcards

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What is a fair test

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One where only the independent variable affects the dependent variable and all others are kept constant.

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What is accurracy

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When results are very close to the true value

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What is precision

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Close agreement within sets of repeat measuerments

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Anomalous results

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Are outliers that are clearly out of line compared with others

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Range

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Difference between maximum and minimum values

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Mean

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Average of data

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