| question |
answer |
| the factor being purposely changed |
manipulated variable |
| the factor which responds to the change in the manipulated variable |
responding variable |
| all the factors which are kept constant in an experiment |
controlled variables |
| observations or descriptions of things noted during the experiment |
qualitative observations |
| measurements taken during an experiment |
data or quantitative observations |
| used to organize data |
data ables |
| location of manipulated variable in a graph (which axis) |
bottom or x axis |
| location of responding variable in a graph |
y axis |
| human mistakes that were made and experimental errors during an experiment |
experimental error |
| what to include in conclusion |
restate hypothesis, summarize major results, evaluate hypothesis, what was learned and unexpected results |
| format for good experimental question |
what is the effect of (manipulated variable) on (responding variable) |
| definition of a variable in an experiment ie the number of washers held before collapse is strength |
operational definition |
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