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Observation
sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell
Qualitative Observation
Using your senses to describe the characteristics of an object-color,texture.
Qualitative Observation
Using numbers or measurements to describe something.
Inference
An explanation of an observation based on prior knowledge.
Hypothesis
A prediction based on prior knowledge. Always written in an if then statement.
Variable
Any factor that can be manipulated, controlled for, or measured in an experiment.
Control Variable
What must stay the same in the experiment.
Manipulated/Independent Variable
The thing that you are testing or charging in an experiment and it is graphed on the X-axis.
Dependent/Responding Variable
What you are measuring or observing in an experiment and it is graphed on the Y-axis