cava bio 204 s1.d04 scientific processes 2
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| Scientists plan what kind of [...] to gather when they design experiments. | Scientists plan what kind of data to gather when they design experiments.
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| Data can be [qu-] or [qu-]. | Data can be quantitative or qualitative.
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| [qu-] means number, or amount. | quantity means number, or amount.
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| [qu-] refers to characteristics or traits. | quality refers to characteristics or traits.
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| Data is the plural form of [...] (as single piece of information) | Data is the plural form of datum (as single piece of information)
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| The '[...] variable' is any variable that scientists change, tweak, or monkey around with. | The 'independent variable' is any variable that scientists change, tweak, or monkey around with.
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| The '[...] variable' is the variable that scientists think might be affected by changing, tweaking, or monkeying around with the 'independent variable'. | The 'dependent variable' is the variable that scientists think might be affected by changing, tweaking, or monkeying around with the 'independent variable'.
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| The names 'independent variable' and 'dependent variable' make it sound like the dependent variable depends on the independent one and not the other way around. But this is just a [...] you are testing. There may be no relationship at all! | The names 'independent variable' and 'dependent variable' make it sound like the dependent variable depends on the independent one and not the other way around. But this is just a hypothesis you are testing. There may be no relationship at all!
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| Møller and his team changed the length of male swallow tails (the [...] variable), to see if it would affect the number of offspring those birds had (the '[...]' variable). | Møller and his team changed the length of male swallow tails (the independent variable), to see if it would affect the number of offspring those birds had (the 'dependent' variable).
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| Most scientific journals are '[...]-reviewed', meaning that other scientists in the field (the [-s]) review each article to make the authors followed sound scientific methods. | Most scientific journals are 'peer-reviewed', meaning that other scientists in the field (the peers) review each article to make the authors followed sound scientific methods.
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