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Experimental Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |