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scientific method
Term | Definition |
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Qualitative data | Data that is collected using your five senses. |
Quantitative data | Data that is collected using measurements. |
Scientific method | Ways to solve problem that are step by step plans, making models, and carefully thought out experiments. |
Independent variable | Variable that can change during an experiment. |
Dependent variable | Factor that is being measured during an experiment. |
Hypothesis | Prediction or statement that can be tested and may be formed by prior knowledge, any previous observation, and new information. |
Model | Represents something too big, too small,too time consuming,or too expensive to obsereve directly. |
Constant | Variable that stays the same during an expirement. |
Control | Sample that is treated like other expirement groups except the independent variable is not applied to it. |