Unit 1 List 1 Experimental Design IV

Question 1

Testable

Answer 1

able to be tested or tried.

Question 2

Non-Testable

Answer 2

not able to be tested or tried.

Question 3

Quantitative

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Qualitative

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Trials

Answer 5

the act of testing by experience

Question 6

Observation

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Empirical evidence

Answer 7

what supports or counters a proposition, that is constituted by or accessible to sense experience or experimental procedure.

Question 8

Data

Answer 8

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

Question 9

Models in science

Answer 9

an activity that produces models representing empirical objects, phenomena, and physical processes, to make a particular part or feature of the world easier to understand, define, quantify, visualize, or simulate.

Question 10

Analogy

Answer 10

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

Question 10

Prototype

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Hypothesis

Answer 11

an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.

Question 12

Variable

Answer 12

an element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change.

Question 13

Procedure

Answer 13

an established or official way of doing something.

Question 14

Precision

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Accuracy

Answer 15

the quality or state of being correct or precise

Question 16

Scientific method

Answer 16

the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation.

Question 17

Control

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Constant

Answer 18

a situation or state of affairs that does not change.

Question 19

Predict

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Infer

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Independent variable

Answer 21

a variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.

Question 22

Dependent variable

Answer 22

something that depends on other factors.

Question 23

Manipulated variable

Answer 23

the factor or condition that is purposely changed by the scientist.

Question 24

Responding variable

Answer 24

the part of an experiment that a scientists measures and observes closely for a change or a response.

Question 25

Sample size

Answer 25

the number of participants or observations included in a study.

Question 26

Validity

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Trends in data

Answer 27

the general change in a variable with time.

Question 28

Correlation

Answer 28

a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

Question 29

Variability

Answer 29

the tendency to shift or change.

Question 30

Mass

Answer 30

the quantity of matter which a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field.

Question 31

Volume

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Weight

Answer 32

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.

Question 33

Percent

Answer 33

one part in every hundred.

Question 34

Rate

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Ratio

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Line graph

Answer 36

a graph that uses lines to connect individual data points.

Question 37

Bar graph

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Pie graph

Answer 38

represents data in a pictorial form, making it easier to visualize and understand the proportionate parts or composition of a data set.

Question 39

Scatterplot

Answer 39

uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables.

Question 40

Claim

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Evidence

Answer 41

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

Question 42

Reason

Answer 42

think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.

Question 43

Theory

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Bias

Answer 44

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