The Scientific Method Flashcards
1
Q
Biology
A
The study of living things
2
Q
Hypothesis
A
A possible explanation or educated guess
3
Q
Ethics
A
Whether conduct is right or wrong
4
Q
Bias
A
Where someone has a preferred outcome
5
Q
Double-Blind Testing
A
Neither the person being tested nor the tester know who is receiving the real treatment and who is receiving the placebo
6
Q
Placebo
A
An inactive substance used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug.
7
Q
Random Selection
A
A technique used where each element of the population has an equal chance of being chosen.
