test 1 Flashcards
accurate means
having an exact report of what your senses tell you
data/evidence means
information gathered from observation
objective means
to avoid opinions or bias
quantitative observation means
use of numbers to show observation
qualitative observation means
description that uses no numbers
inference means
observation followed by an attempted explaination
hypothesis means
an inference of your experiment question answer
manupulated variable means
the factor you will change
responding variable means
the factor you predict will change as a result of the manipulated variable
controlling variable means
the other conditions during your experiment that needa to stay the same
operational definition means
this allows others to repeat your procedure when certain terms have more than one meaning