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S&T: Chapter 1

TermDefinition
Science A way of learning about the natural world through obsevation and logical reasoning; leads to a body of knowlage.
Observing the process of using one or more of your senses to gather information.
quntitative observation an observation that deals with a number or amount
qualitative observation an observation that deals with charateristics that cannot be exprestd in numbers
inferring the process of making an inerferince an inpterprtation based on observations and prier knolage.
predicting the process of forcasting what will happen in the future based on past expirence or evidence.
classafying the process of grouping together items that are alike in some way.
evaluating the systematic process of judging the quality, validity, and impact of research, data, or scientific programs.
making models a simplified physical, mathematical, or computer-based representation of a real-world system or phenomenon used to explain, visualize, and predict how it works.
skepticism a person who questions claims based on their lack of empirical evidence and demands verifiable proof before accepting them as true
ethics the rules that enable people to know right from wrong.
personal bias an individual's conscious or unconscious preference, prejudice, or distortion in thinking that influences how they perceive information, make judgments, and conduct or interpret scientific work.
expirament bias a process where a researcher's unconscious expectations, desires, or personal beliefs alter the design, conduct, or interpretation of an experiment, skewing the results toward their preferred hypothesis
objective describes the act of decision-making of drawing conclusions based on available evedence.
subjective descines the influeence of personal feelings on a descison or concluson
deductive reasoning a way to explain things by starting with a general idea and than applying an idea to a specific observation.
inductive reasoning using specific observations to make generalization.
scientific inquiry the on going of discovery in science the diverse ways in witch scienetists study the natraul world and propose explanations based on evedance they gather.
hypothesis A possible explnation for a set of observations or answer to a scientific question must be testable
variable factor that can change in a expirement
manipulated variable The one factor the scientist changes during a expirement; also called independent variable.
responding variable The factor that changes as a result of a change to the minipulated variable, or a independent variable in a expirent also called a dependent variable.
controlled experiemit An expirement in which only one variable minpulanted at a time.
data Facts, figures and other evedance gatherd through observations.
scientific theroy A well tested explanations for a wide range of observations of or experamentil results
scientific law A statement that describes what scentists expect to happen every time under a paticular set of conditions.
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