Nature of Science

Question 1

A series of steps that guide scientists to investigate questions about the natural world

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Scientific Method

Question 2

Factual information

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Evidence

Question 3

Information collected by using one or more senses

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Observations

Question 4

Pieces of information gathered through observations; heir values may be quantitative or qualitative

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Data

Question 5

Information that can be counted or measured; represented numerically

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Quantitative Data

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Information that is observed with the 5 senses; represented by a description

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Qualitative Data

Question 7

An interpretation of data that is isological and based upon experience and/or prior knowledge

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Inference

Question 8

In science, a testable and possible idea about a set of observations and/or a natural phenomenon. Evidence supports or rejects hypotheses

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Hypothesis

Question 9

In science, a well-tested explanation for natural phenomena that unifies a broad range of observations

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Theory

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In science, this is a simple statement that describes some aspect of the universe; it is accepted at face value based upon repeated observances of some phenomenon.

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Law

Question 11

A method of testing a hypothesis that utilizes a control group and an experimental group with only one variable (difference) between the control group and experimental groups

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Controlled Experiment

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One factor in an experiment that is manipulated in the experimental group, described as the treatment applied to the experimental group

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Independent Variable

Question 13

The observable or measurable results in an experiment

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Dependent Variable

Question 14

Factors in a controlled experiment that are kept the same for both the experimental and control group

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Controlled Variables/Constants

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Part of a controlled experiment; is exposed to all the same conditions as the experimental group except for the independent variable, and serves as a comparison to the experimental group

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Control Group

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Part of a controlled experiment, the independent variable is applied to this group

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Experimental Group

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Unfair prejudice against someone/something that is based on personal impressions. beliefs or thoughts

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Bias

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A “fake” treatment applied in the control group of medical therapy studies. Patients do not know if they receive this or not

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Placebo

Question 19

Experiment where participants do not know whether they are assigned to the control or experimental group, eliminates participant bias in reporting results

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Blind Study

Question 20

Experiments where participants and investigator do not know who is assigned to control or experimental groups, eliminates participant and investigator bias

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Double-Blind Study

Question 21

A chart or diagram of quantitative data, can make a pattern much easier to recognize

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Graph