The scientific method Flashcards

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Observation

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Establishing the problem

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Defining the variables

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Hypothesis

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Experimental design

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Collecting data

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Analysis and interpretation of results

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conclusions and writing the report

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Independent Variable

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the researcher changes or manipulate

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Dependent variables

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the researcher observes and measure (the outcome)

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Constants

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the researcher keeps the same between all the trials because they may confuse the result

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Control group

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Group where you don´t change the indenpendent variable but follows the same experiment design

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Good variables

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  1. Measure a quality or quantityof an object

2. Are specific to the (type of) population

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