Scientific Method
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| Independent Variable | (things you change) – A variable that is manipulated or changed to determine a relationship between two factors.
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| Dependent Variable | (things you measure) – A factor whose values are determined by the independent variables.
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| Constants | factors of an experiment that are kept the same and never change.
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| Control | used as a standard of comparison, not experimented on.
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| Qualitative Data | information that is hard to measure, count or describe in numbers (involves non-numerical qualities of an object).
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| Quantitative Data | information that can be expressed in numbers. If information can be counted or measured then it is quantitative.
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| Purpose | It describes the reason you are doing this experiment
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| Research | when you gather information and materials needed for this lab. This is where you will also identify the independent and dependent variables and the constant.
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| Hypothesis | is your educated guess/prediction as to what the results will be.
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| Procedures | the steps used to design and perform an experiment.
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| Results | the data that was collected and analyzed during the experiment.
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| Conclusion | a summary or answer to the problem based on the data. Was your prediction correct?
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