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What is science?
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Body of knowledge Process
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Characteristics of Good Science
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Associated with physical and natural worldTestableMeasurableReproducable*Evidence-based*Subject to revisionNot an opinion, feeling, belief, etc
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Steps of Scientific Method
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Observation/questionHypothesis/predictionDesign/conduct experimentAnalyze resultsDraw conclusions
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What kind of group in an experiment:-Standard comparison; usually doesn't get any treatment or manipulation
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Control group
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What kind of group in an experiment:-exposed to treatment and manipulation in a way to test hypothesis
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Experimental group
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Examples of methods
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Number of treatmentsSample SizeDuration of intervalSubjects
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Type of variable:-variable being manipulated or changed
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Independent variable
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Type of variable:-measured variable; observed result of the effect of independent variable
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Dependent variable
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On a graph:-The dependent variable is which axis?
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Y-axis
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On a graph:-The independent variable is which axis?
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X-axis
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Which type of graph to use if:-Independent variable is organized in groups/ranges?
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Column
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Which type of graph to use if:-My results are in percentages?
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Pie
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Which type of graph:-Continuous data; best fit line is added to show trend of data
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X-Y scatter
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Different hypothesis that explains the same results
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Alternative hypothesis
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Ways to describe results?
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Hypothesis is supported or rejected by data
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