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experimantal design
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accuracy | being as close to correct as possible precise |
| procedure | the steps you follow in a lab experiment |
| hypothesis | prediction educated guess that uses the format ¨if....then...¨ |
| constants | things that remain the same in an experiment |
| variable | anything that can change in a experiment |
| Independent variable | the variable that is purposely changed in a experiment (the one that is being tested) |
| dependent variable | the variable that you are measuring (in response to the independent variable) |
| claim | a claim is a statement that answers the question it will usually only be one sentence in length |
| evidence | the evidence is the data used to suport the claim it can either quantitative or qualitative depending on the question and/or lab only use data with evidence that supports the claim |
| reasoning | the reasoning is the explanation of ¨why and how¨ the evidence supports the claim |