6th grade scientific study of people
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| QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION | describes properties or characteristics (qualities)used to identify - often result of putting things in categories
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| QUANTITATIVE OBSERVATION | describes values that have been measured or counted - quantity -- number or amount
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| INFERENCE | logical conclusion
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| PARTS OF A WELL-DESIGNED INVESTIGATION | 1. testable question
2. hypothesis
3. procedure
4. variables - dependent and independent
5. materials and methods
6. trials and data
7. conclusion and results
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| HYPOTHESIS - IS IT A GUESS? | Not a Guess!! an educated prediction that can be tested
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| PLACEBO | contains no active ingredient but believed to contain active ingredient
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| PLACEBO EFFECT | response when no active ingredient given
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| PLACEBO GROUP (CONTROL GROUP) - WHY HAVE ONE? | provides a group for comparison to experimental group - basis for comparison
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| INDEPENDENT VARIABLE | variable that is changed in an experiment
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| DEPENDENT VARIABLE | variable that is measured in an experiment
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| QUALITATIVE VS. QUANTITATIVE | qualitative is without measurement --
quantitative is with measurement
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| REPRODUCIBLE DATA - WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? | experiment produces similar results each time - shows data is accurate
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