Science

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Features

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1. Science deals only with the natural world
2. Scientist collect and organize info in an orderly way looking for patterns and connections between events
3. Scientist propose explanations that can be tested by examining evidence

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Science

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Is the process of using observations and experiments to draw evidence based conclusions
Never ending process

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Make observations

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The process of gathering info about events

Usually involves senses

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Data

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The i fo gathered from observations

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Inference

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A logical interpretation based on prior knowledge or experience

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Anecdotal evidence

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Informal observations that have not been systematically tested

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Hypothesis

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A proposed scientific explanation for set of observations

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Experiment

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a carefully designed test

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Experimental group

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The group that experience and intervention on manipulation

what is being tested

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Control group

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The group that experiences no intervention or manipulation
Bases for comparison
Receive placebo

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Placebo effect

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Observed when members of a control group display and measurable response to a placebo because they think they are receiving a real treatment

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Independent variable

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Factor being deliberately changed

Aka: manipulated variable

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Dependent variable

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The outcome or measured result

AKA: responding variable

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Sample size

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Is the number of individuals participating in a study on number of times an experiment is repeated