Module 1

Question 1

What is Science

Answer 1

It is a body of knowledge or is a process of figuring out how things work

Question 2

Seeing/noticing something strange that makes you want to find out, “what is happening?

Answer 2

Observation

Question 3

Your hypothesis includes the question you are trying to answer AND the parameters of your experiment.

Answer 3

Question/Hypothesis

Question 4

Simple or complicated, tests your question.

Answer 4

Experimenation

Question 5

Human biases MUST be removed, typically this is done with statistics

Answer 5

Anaylysis

Question 6

What is the answer to your question?, In science your conclusions should be reported to everyone.

Answer 6

Conclusion/Reporting

Question 7

the test subjects do not know who is receiving the treatment

Answer 7

Blind Study

Question 8

neither the subjects nor the investigator knows who is receiving the treatment and who is a control subject.

Answer 8

Double Blind Study

Question 9

is the (potentially false) feeling in a study participant that he or she has benefited from the experimental treatment.

Answer 9

Placebo Effect

Question 10

is any aspect of nature that is capable of changing

Answer 10

Variable

Question 11

values are independent of the experiment * Time, temperature, are usually independent, but anything can be

Answer 11

Independent Variable

Question 12

values are dependent to the independent variable. * This is what you are testing
* Test scores depend on study time

Answer 12

Dependent Variable

Question 13

is a statistical measure that expresses the extent to which two variables are linearly related.

Answer 13

Correlation

Question 14

third variable is the real cause of the observed correlation.

Answer 14

Spurious Correlation

Question 15

a statement about how the world works that can be tested using the scientific method

Answer 15

Scientific Claim

Question 16

first publication of
scientific research that contains
actual data with controls

Answer 16

Primary LIterature

Question 17

is an arduous process were multiple scientists review your work.

Answer 17

Peer Review

Question 18

sources that give a
basic overview of a topic, or summarize research results

Answer 18

Secondary Literature

Question 19

multiple different scientists need to conclude the same thing after they conduct
several experiments of their own design

Answer 19

Scientific Theory

Question 20

is something that always
happens. Describes “what”

Answer 20

Scientific Law

Question 21

is a hypothesis, or a
group of related hypotheses, that has been repeatedly confirmed by diverse independent researchers

Answer 21

Scientific Theory