lecture 3a

Question 1

scientific findings arent supposed to be accepted based on

Answer 1

who the scientist is or who is funding the research

Question 2

what is discovery science

Answer 2

science that is describing nature based on qualitative date (no experiments)

Question 3

what is hypothesis based science

Answer 3

science that explains nature using quantitative data (using experiments)

Question 4

what are the seven steps of the scientific method

Answer 4

1. make observations
2. ask questions
3. form a hypothesis
4. make a prediction
5. test the prediction (plan and perform experiments to collect data)
6. interpret data
7. draw conclusions

Question 5

what is a hypothesis

Answer 5

educated guess/tentative explanation

Question 6

a hypothesis must be

Answer 6

falsifiable (can be right or wrong)

Question 7

should you say that the hypothesis is right

Answer 7

no you have to say that the data supports the hypothesis

Question 8

what is a theory

Answer 8

a well sustained explanation for a set of verified hypotheses

Question 9

independent variable

Answer 9

variable being manipulated

Question 10

dependent variable

Answer 10

variable that is being tested

Question 11

control variable

Answer 11

variable that is the same in the experimental and control group

Question 12

control group

Answer 12

group that is used to compare to the experimental group (doesn’t get treatment)

Question 13

how do we avoid biases

Answer 13

neither the researchers or groups know who got the drugs or the placebo

Question 14

what is a replicate and why is it important

Answer 14

experiment being done multiple times to see the variability in the data obtained and to verify the experiment

Question 15

how do ethics play into science

Answer 15

don’t change data, write everything down to allow reproduction and take care of living things and avoid contamination of viruses