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Scientific Method
Scientific Method Vocab 8/15/2022
Term | Definition |
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Scientific Method | a method of problem solving by testing a hypothesis |
Hypothesis | an educated guess that answers your question |
Question | what it is that you want to test of find out |
Experiment | Testing an idea or hypothesis through a controlled investigation making and recording measurements using the senses to gather information about something without numbers |
Observation | Making and recording measurements |
Qualitative observe | Making and recording measurements using the senses to gather information about something...without numbers |
Quantitative observation | using the senses to gather information about something...with numbers |
Data | A collection of facts - usually numbers |
Data table | An organized chart to record and keep data for the experiment |
Variable | Things that change or can be changed in an experiment |
Dependent Variable | The changes that are measured in an experiment. Ran after the "then,_____" in the hypothesis |
Independent Variable | What causes the changes measured in an experiment. Written in the first part of the hypothesis after the "If___" |
Trial | Each test performed in an experiment |
Inference | Drawing a conclusion or judgement based on data |
Analysis | A study of the data looking for patterns, errors and meaning |
Conclusion | A judgment that tells whether the data does or does not support the hypothesis |