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Experimental Design
Vocabulary for our Experimental Design Cornell Doodle Notes
Term | Definition |
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Variable | Any part of an experiment |
Quantitive | Dealing with numbers or amounts |
Qualitative | Dealing with things that aren't expressed with numbers |
Independent Variable | A variable that isn't changed by any part of the experiment |
Dependent Variable | The thing that is affected during the experiment |
Manipulated Variable | The thing that changes to show its affect in the experiment |
Responding Variable | The thing that is measured to show the outcome of the experiment. |
Precise | Being exact or very accurate |
Accurate | Closeness to something |
Valid | Sounding reasonable or true |
Reliable | how consistently you measure something |
Empirical Evidence | Data & Observations that are collected through scientific processes |
Pseudoscience | A set of beliefs that conclusions aren't based on scientific evidence |
Results | The product of the experimental trials |
Conclusion | If your hypothesis is correct or not. |
Hypothesis | What you predict will happen based on your experiment |
Constant | The thing that stays the same |
Control | The thing that doesn't change /unaffected by other variables |