vocabulary associated with controlled experiments
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| the factor being purposely changed | manipulated variable
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| the factor which responds to the change in the manipulated variable | responding variable
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| all the factors which are kept constant in an experiment | controlled variables
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| observations or descriptions of things noted during the experiment | qualitative observations
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| measurements taken during an experiment | data or quantitative observations
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| used to organize data | data ables
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| location of manipulated variable in a graph (which axis) | bottom or x axis
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| location of responding variable in a graph | y axis
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| human mistakes that were made and experimental errors during an experiment | experimental error
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| what to include in conclusion | restate hypothesis, summarize major results, evaluate hypothesis, what was learned and unexpected results
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| format for good experimental question | what is the effect of (manipulated variable) on (responding variable)
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| definition of a variable in an experiment ie the number of washers held before collapse is strength | operational definition
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