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Biology12-Set1
biology12-set1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| control | That which purposefully direct, manipulate, manage, regulate, restrain, or cause change. |
| control group | in an experiment, the group closely resembling the experimental group in many demographic variables but not receiving the factor under study and thereby serving as a comparison group when results are evaluated |
| dependent variable | variable which changes in response to the independent variable |
| experiment | a scientific approach to testing a hypothesis |
| experimental group | a group of subjects that are exposed to the variable in a control experiment. |
| hypothesis | an educated guess about a problem |
| independent variable | a manipulated variable in an experiment |
| procedure | steps taken to carry out an experiment |
| reliability | yielding the same results in different trials |
| sample size | is the number of observations in a sample |
| scientific method | a methodical approach to designing and conducting an experiment |
| theory | a major hypothesis accepted because it has passed several tests |
| validity | correctly inferred or deduced from a premise |