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Term | Definition |
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hypothisis | an explanation based on observed facts or an idea of how things work |
ethics | a persons sense of right and wrong |
evidence | info and facts that help prove something |
observation | info you get through your senses |
inference | logical conclusion based on observations |
clinical trail | an experiment on people to test a new medicine to see if it is safe and effective. |
control group | a group that gets a placebo. |
placebo | a fake medicine. |
sample size | the number of subjects in a study. |
informed consent | a document a patient signs in a clinical trail that lists the risks gives permission to participate. |
placebo effect | a patient feels better after getting a placebo. |
reproducable | an experiment that produces similar results each time. |
variable | something in an experiment that can change. |
independent variable | the variable that is being tested. |
dependent variable | the variable in an experiment that is measured. |
controlled variable | variable that in an experiment that stays the same. |