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Unit 1 Exp Design VLH Flashcards

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Quantitative

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Expressible as a quantity or relating to or susceptible of measurement(Numbers)

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Qualitative

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Relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities

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Trials

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The act of testing something

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Observation

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The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting

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Empirical evidence

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Information supported by scientific experimentation or statistical analysis, involving testable observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses

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Data

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Information, especially in a scientific or computational context, or with the implication that it is organized (uncountable, collectively)

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Models in science

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a physical and/or mathematical and/or conceptual representation of a system of ideas, events or processes

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Analogy

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An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Prototype

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A standard or typical example

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Hypothesis

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An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation (general)

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Variable

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Something whose value may be dictated or discovered

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Procedure

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A particular method for performing a task

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Precision

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The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

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Accuracy

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The quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

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Scientific method

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A method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses

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Control

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A relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another

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Constant

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Unchanged through time or space; permanent

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Predict

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To imply (transitive, etc., of theories, laws)

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Infer

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Reason by deduction; establish by deduction

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Testable question

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Ones which can be answered through experimental inquiry and observation of the natural world

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Non-testable question

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Questions that cannot be answered by direct observation or by evidence gathered through experimental inquiries

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Independent Variable

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The variable that is changed or manipulated in a series of experiments (sciences)

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Dependent Variable

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An outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment (sciences)

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Manipulated Variable

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The variable in a scientific experiment that is changed

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Responding variable

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The part of an experiment that a scientist measures and observes closely for a change or a response

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Sample size

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refers to the number of observations or data points collected in a stud

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Validity

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The state of being valid, authentic or genuine

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Trends in data

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the general change in a variable with time

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Correlation

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A reciprocal, parallel or complementary relationship between two or more comparable objects

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Variability

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The quality of being subject to variation

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Mass

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The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass

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Volume

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A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement

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Weight

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The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

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Percent

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A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred)

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Rate

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To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level (transitive)

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Ratio

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A number representing a comparison between two named things

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Line Graph

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A graph in which a series of connected straight lines connect points, each of which represents the value of a particular variable as a function of another variable

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Bar Graph

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A chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities

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Pie Graph

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type of graph representing data in a circular form, with each slice of the circle

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Scatterplot

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the graphs that present the relationship between two variables in a data-set.

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Claim

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To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true

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Evidence

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Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion

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Reason

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That which causes something

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Theory

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A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

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Bias

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Inclination towards something (countable, uncountable)

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