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Scientific Method Flashcards

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Scientific Investigations

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Observations, surveys, trial and error, case studies

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Experimental Variables

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Independent variable, dependent variable, controlled variable

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Independent variable

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Factor being changed/manipulated

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Dependent variable

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Factor being measured

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Controlled Variable(s)

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Factors in an experiment that is kept equal

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Validity

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Results obtained are due to the effect of the indipendent variable

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Reliability

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Results obtained are considered a true representation of the true value

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Hypotheses

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Single, Testable statement

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Quantitative Data

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Measurements of observations

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Qualitative Data

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Comaprison of Observations

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Title

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Mentions both variables

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Axes

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What is being measured and their units

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Systemetic Error

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Consistently positive / negative (faulty equitment)

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Random Error

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Equally likely to be positive or negative

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Accuracy

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How close measurements are to true value

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Precision

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How close values are to each other

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Human Ethics

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Vuluntary participation, informed concent, risk of harm minimized

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Animal Ethics

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Replace, Reduce, Refine.

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