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Experimental Terms
Question | Answer |
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Something that stays the same during an experiment | Constant |
Something that changes during an expeirment | Variable |
The two different types of variable in an experiment | Independent and Dependent |
2 ways to remove bias from an experiment? | 1: Large sample size. 2: Chosen at random |
Information collected during an experiment | Data |
The 2 types of information collected during an experiment | Qualitative and Quantitative |
Difference between qualitative and quantitative data? | Quantitative data contains numbers and figures. Qualitative data does not contain numbers. |
An educated guess to explain an observation | Hypothesis |
Looking at a problem or natural occurrence | Observation |
Conclusions | What was learned from the experiment |
What is the difference between results and conclusions? | Results is the data you collect during an experiment. Conclusions are what you learn from the results. |
A fake drug given during medical research to remove bias. | Placebo |
SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
Doctor who discovered a vaccine for smallpox | Edward Jenner |