Experimental Design Flashcards

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Qualitative

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that where the quality of activities, relationships, issues, means, materials or instruments in a specific situation or problem is studied.

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Hypothesis

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Tentative proposal made to explain certain observations or facts that require further investigation to be verified.

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Variable

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observed characteristic, quality or property that can acquire different values ​​and is capable of being quantified or measured in an investigation

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Procedure

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set of actions that all have to be carried out equally, to obtain the same results under the same circumstances

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Mass

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Physical quantity that expresses the amount of matter in a body, measured by its inertia, and whose unit in the international system is the kilogram (kg)M

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Volume

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Physical magnitude that expresses the extension of a body in three dimensions, length, width and height

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Line graph

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They allow changes to be visualized over a continuous range, such as time or distance.

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Independent variable

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It is the reason, or explanation for the occurrence of another phenomenon.

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Analogy

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Relationship of similarity between different things

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Infer

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Deduce something or draw it as a conclusion from something else.

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Constant

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That doesn’t change. That occurs continuously or repeatedly

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Data

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Information about something specific that allows exact knowledge or serves to deduce the consequences derived from a fact.

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Precision

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detail with which an instrument or procedure can measure a variable

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Trend in data

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They allow you to evaluate how response data has changed over time.

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Prototype

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The type of rock that used to be a metamorphic rock, prior to metamorphism

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Accuracy

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It measures how close the results are to the true or known value.

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Weight

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Force with which the Earth attracts a body.

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Rate

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coefficient that expresses the relationship between the quantity and frequency of a phenomenon or a group of numbers.

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Pie chart

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They represent the relationship of the part to the whole.

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Variability

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dispersion of the values ​​of a variable in a theoretical distribution or in a sample.

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Correlation

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statistical measure that expresses the extent to which two variables are linearly related

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Theory

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Without having verified it in practice.

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Bias

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Move something away from its perpendicular position to something else or to the horizon

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Evidence

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the available set of facts or information that indicate whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

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Quantitative
numerical nature of data, methods, investigations and/or results.
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Trials
an adversity you are experiencing that tests your faith
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Observation
an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
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Empirical evidence
the information obtained through observation and documentation of certain behavior and patterns or through an experiment.
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Model in science
a representation of an idea, an object or even a process or a system that is used to describe and explain phenomena that cannot be experienced directly.
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Scientific method
he process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation.
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Control
to have the power to run something in an orderly way
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Predict
to declare or indicate in advance
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Dependent variable
something that depends on other factors.
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Responding variable
the factor that is measured by the scientist as a result of the effects of the manipulated variable.
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Manipulated variable
a factor that is purposefully and specifically changed by the experimenter.
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Sample size
the number of participants or observations included in a study.
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Validity
he quality of being well-grounded, sound, or correct.
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Percent
out of each hundred or per one hundred.
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Ratio
the relationship or comparison between two numbers of the same unit to check how bigger is one number than the other one
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Bar graph
a graphical representation of information.
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scatterplot
uses dots to represent values for two different numeric variables.
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Claim
when you express your right to something that belongs to you,
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Reason
a statement or fact that explains why something is the way it is, why someone does, thinks, or says something, or why someone behaves a certain way.
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Non-testable question
Questions that cannot be answered by direct observation or by evidence gathered through experimental inquiries
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Testable question
an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge.