Keywords Flashcards
1
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Accuracy
A
How close a measurement is to the true value
2
Q
Precision
A
The closeness of agreement between repeats
3
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Validity
A
How useful your evidence is to actually answer the question
4
Q
Fair Test
A
Where the only thing affecting your dependent variable is your independent variable
5
Q
Reproducibility
A
A measurement is ‘repeatable’ when the same person repeats the experiment and gives him the same results
6
Q
Anomaly
A
The result that clearly doesn’t fit the trend
7
Q
Independent variable
A
You CHANGE
8
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Dependent variable
A
You MEASURE
9
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Control variable
A
You keep the SAME
10
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Resolution
A
The smallest perceptible change of a measuring instrument reading
