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Experimental Design
Vocabulary for our Experimental Design Cornell Doodle Notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |