Unit 1 Experimental Design JMA

Question 1

one that is answered through designing an investigation or experiment where one thing is changed to observe how it will affect something else.

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Testable Question

Question 2

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

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Non-Testable Question

Question 3

relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

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Quantitative

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relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.

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Qualitative

Question 5

a test of the performance, qualities, or suitability of someone or something.

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Trails

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the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.

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Observation

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The concept of evidence is the basis of philosophical evidentialism, an epistemological thesis according to which a person is justified in believing a given

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Empirical Evidence

Question 8

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

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Data

Question 9

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

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Model in Science

Question 10

a comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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Analogy

Question 11

a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied.

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Prototype

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a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

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Hypothesis

Question 13

not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.

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Variable

Question 14

an established or official way of doing something.

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Procedure

Question 15

the quality or state of being correct or precise.

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Accuracy

Question 16

the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.

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Precision

Question 17

a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

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Scientific Method

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the power to influence or direct people’s behavior or the course of events.

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Control

Question 19

occurring continuously over a period of time.

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Constant

Question 20

say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.

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Predict

Question 21

deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements.

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Infer

Question 22

a variable (often denoted by x ) whose variation does not depend on that of another.

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Independent Variable

Question 23

a variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends on that of another.

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Dependent Variable

Question 24

is a part of an experiment that you can change to see how other variables respond

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Manipulate Variable

Question 25

the number of observations or individuals included in a study or experiment.

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Sample Size

Question 25

the factor that is measured by the scientist as a result of the effects of the manipulated variable.

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Responding Variable

Question 26

the general change in a variable with time.

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Trends in Data

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the quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency.

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Validity

Question 27

a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

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Correlation

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the tendency to shift or change — of being “variable.”

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Variability

Question 29

a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape.

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Mass

Question 30

the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great.

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Volume

Question 30

a body’s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

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Weight

Question 31

by a specified amount in or for every hundred.

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Percent

Question 32

the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.

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Ratio

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a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure.

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Rate

Question 33

graphical representation of information that changes over a period of time.

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Line Graph

Question 34

a diagram in which the numerical values of variables are represented by the height or length of lines or rectangles of equal width.

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Bar Graph

Question 35

a type of graph representing data in a circular form, with each slice of the circle representing a fraction or proportionate part of the whole.

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Pie Graph

Question 36

state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

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Claim

Question 36

a graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.

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Scatterplot

Question 37

the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

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Evidence

Question 38

a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.

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Reason

Question 39

a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

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Theory

Question 40

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

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Bias