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CER notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a claim? | A statement that answers the question, it will usually be one sentence. |
| What is evidence? | The evidence is the data used to support a claim. It can either be quantitive or qualative depending on the question or lab. Only use data with evidence that supports the claim. |
| What is reasoning? | The reasoning is the explanation of why and how the evidence supports the claim. |
| Define accuracy. | Being as close as possible to correct, precise |
| Define procedure. | The steps you follow in a lab experiment. |
| Define hypothesis. | Prediction, an educated guess that uses the format "if" or "then" |
| Define constants. | Things that remain the same in an experiment. |
| Define variable. | Anything that can change in a experiment. |
| Define independent variable. | The variable that is purposely changed in an experiment. |
| Define dependent variable. | The variable that you are measuring (in response to the independent variable) |
| What is quantitative data? | Measurements and numbers. |
| What is qualitative data? | Description of characteristics, qualities, and traits. |