Unit 1 List 1 Experimental Design RC Flashcards
Testable Question
Questions that can be answered from observation or experiments.
Non-testable Question
Questions that can’t be answered from observation or experiments.
Quantitative
Data relating to quantity or numbers
Qualitative
Data relating to quality or senses
Trials
The act of testing something
Observation
Watching or noticing something
Empirical Evidence
Information that can be found from observation
Data
Facts and Information used
Model is Science
Analogy
A comparison of two similar things
Prototype
An early model that future products are based off
Variable
Anything in an experiment that can be changed
Hypothesis
An idea that is tested through experiments, observation, and research
Procedure
Steps that lead through a process
Accuracy
How close a measurement is to a known value
Scientific Method
A process with hypotheses, observation, and experiments
Precision
The comparison of two or more measures
Control
When all variables are kept constant to keep them in a controlled experiment
Constant
Parts of variables that do not change in an experiment
Infer
Educated guess based on reasoning or evidence
Predict
To forecast something that with happen in the future
Independent Variable
A variable that does not depend on another variable (x)
Manipulated Variable
A variable that is changed in an experiment to see the reaction of other variables
Sample Size
Number of data points or participants