Experimental Design Word Scramble
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control | to test or verify (a scientific experiment) by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison demographic variables but not receiving the factor under study and thereby serving as a comparison group when results are evaluated |
control group | in an experiment, the group closely resembling the experimental group in many demographic variables but not receiving the factor under study and thereby serving as a comparison group when results are evaluated |
dependent variable | the event studied in an experiment and expected to change when the independent variable is changed |
experiment | a scientific approach to testing a hypothesis |
experimental group | the group of subjects that are exposed to the variable in a control experiment |
hypothesis | a tentative explanation or educated guess about a problem |
independent variable | a manipulated variable in an experiment; its presence determines the change in the dependent variable |
procedure | a series of steps taken to carry out an experiment |
reliability | yielding the same or compatible results in different experimental trials |
sample size | the amount of a part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen |
scientific method | a methodical approach to designing and conducting an experiment |
theory | a major hypothesis that is accepted by the scientific community because it has repeatedly survived several tests |
validity | correctly inferred or deduced from a premise |
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