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what are the ethics of planning an investigation?

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  • Voluntary participation
  • Informed consent
  • Risk of harm
  • Confidentiality
  • Anonymity
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what is the safety of planning an investigation?

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  • Risks involved
  • safety equipment required
  • physical and emotional
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what is a placebo

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  • used to test the effectiveness of medical treatments
  • Inactive substance that looks like the real treatment and is administered in the same manner
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what group is the placebo given to

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the controlled group

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what is a single-blind experiment

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  • occurs when information is withheld from the participant
    the researcher knows all the facts
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what is a double-blind experiment?

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neither the participants nor researchers know who belongs to which group.

Researchers identify each group by analysing the results

high standard if scientific accuracy

easily achieved in drug studies by formulating placebo to have identical appearance to test drug

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what is a hypothesis?

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it is an “if-then” statement
it includes the dependent and independent variable
a single idea that must be able to be tested
precise an concise
definite statement-no question

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what are the different variables

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  • independent: variable you change
  • dependent: variable you measure
  • controlled: variable you keep the same
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what is validity

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  • an experiment is considered valid if it tests what is it meant to test.
  • for an experiment to be considered valid it must control all variables, excluding the independent variable
  • to have a valid experiment you must have reliable and accurate data
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what is reliability

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  • refers to whether an experiment can be repeated by you or any other person who tries the experiment
  • an experiment is reliable if it can be repeated with similar outcomes
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how is accuracy improved?

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  • by using the correct equipment
  • ensuring the experiment is conducted by an individual with past experience
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what are the different types of errors

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  • systematic error
  • random error
  • human error
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what is a human error?

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is a mistake made during an experiment due to a lack of human ability or carelessness

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what are random errors?

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are unpredictable errors and occur because no measurement is perfect

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what is a systematic error

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occurs because of the way in which an experiment is designed.

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what is the percentage change formula?

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new value - old value/old value x 100%

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what is the percentage increase formula?

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final valve-initial valvue/initial valvue x100

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what is extrapolate

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extending the graph along the same slope

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what is interpolate

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predicting data between 2 points

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what are the different types of investigations?

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observations
controlled experiments
surveys
trail and error
case studies
longitudinal studies

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describe observations

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the process of using the senses to acquire information

all investigations use observations

scientists look for trends or patterns

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describe controlled experiments

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a fair test designed to look for relationships between variables

change only one variable, results should be reflective of that change

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describe surveys

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collect data from a large number of participants

questionnaires or interviews

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trial and error

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systematic

make one change at a time until the problem has been solved

each trial is recorded-process of elimination

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describe case studies
focus on one person or situation following a group/individual with a certain demographic or disease
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describe longitudinal studies
conducted over a few years a more prolonged case study build up a picture of change over time
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what is the literature review consist of
help define the problem find out what is already known assess research methods allow the researcher to relate findings
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what is qualitative data
observations that do not involve numbers
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what is quantitative data
data that is expressed in numbers
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what group receives the real substance
the experimental group
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what is the scientific method?
observation inferences hypothesis experimental design record and present data discussion conclusion
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what are the steps in an experimental design
aim- summerise experiment statement introduction- expand on aim hypothesis equipment- including quantity and how much diagram procedure/ method- always do procedure first, show how much you are going to do it, the method is the write up after result- in a form of a table and then put into a graph discussion- identify patterns and trends in the experiment conclusion- restate the hypothesis, does the data support the hypothesis, using data
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what is repetition
doing the same experiment many times
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what is replication
a number if identical experiments running together or at the same time performing the experiment on a large number of subjects at the same time
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what do repetition and replication help to do
helpt to demonstrate that the results are constant minimise the effects of uncontrolled variables
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what is secondary data
is data that is collected by someone else who is not the user of the data
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what does secondary data often contain
confidence intervals
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what are confidence intervals?
confident intervals indicate the reliability of the data and are expressed as a range of values above and below the results
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what are the benefits of a blind experiment?
people involved do not know certain details of experiment prevents conscious or unconscious bias
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how should experiments be designed
so that where possible experiments should be designed so that quantitative data can be collected
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can qualitative be given numerical valvues
yes
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how can you minimize random errors?
take more data. random errors can be evaluated through statistical analysis and can be reduced by repetition
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how can you minimize systematic errors
systematic errors are difficult to detect and cannot be analyzed statistically, because all of the data is off in the same direction. Spotting and correcting for systematic error takes a lot of care
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what is an example of a random error
You measure the mass of a ring three times using the same balance and get slightly different values: 17.46 g, 17.42 g, 17.44 g
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what is an example of a systematic error
The electric scale you use read 0.05 g too high for all your maths measurements (because it is improperly tared throughout your experiment).
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what is the definition of a literature review
a survey of the material that has been written about a subject under consideration
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what are outliers
a measurement well beyond the range of other measurements in a set
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what are the two types of errors
systematic errors random errors
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what are the different types of random errors
instrument environment measurement human procedural
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provide an explanation and example for each of the different types of random errors
instrument- old (e.g springs are worn out and don't work) environment- temperature, humidity, wind measurement- parallax error (not looking at it straight on), inexperience human- spilling, stuff ups, dropping items, blunders procedural- you have the procedure in the wrong steps, adding the chemicals in the wrong place
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what is meta analysis
the statistical analysis of a large collection of analysis results from individual studies for the purpose of integrating the findings.
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what is a controlled variable
a factor kept the same for both the control and the experimental groups in an experiment
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what is an uncontrolled variable
a variable that could not be kept the same for the control and the experimental groups in an experiment
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what is safety
the condition of being protected form or unlikely to cause danger, risk or injury
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what are ethics
a set of moral principles or values
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variable
any factor that may change during an experiment
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what is accuracy
how close a measurement is to the true value
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average
the total measurements in a group divide by the total number of measurements
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outliers
a measurement well beyond the range of the other measurements in a set
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median
the mid-point of a set of numbers
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range
the difference between the highest and lowest measurements in a group
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ratio
a numerical statement of how one variable relates to another
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rate
a ratio that shows how long it takes to do something
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percentages
a rate, number, or amount in each hundred
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percentage change
the relative change between an old value and its new value, expressed as a percentage of the old value
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frequency
the number of times an event occurs
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what is an inference
a suggested reason why our observation occurred
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what are your 5 senses
sight, smell, taste, hearing, touch
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where does the independent variable go in a table
the first column
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where does the dependent variable go in a table
the last column
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where does the dependent variable go in a graph
along the vertical
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where does the independent variable go in a graph
along the horizontal
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what do you include in your conclusion
restate the hypothesis explain if your data collected supports the hypothesis of if it doesn't and the hypothesis is known as a null hypothesis if the hypothesis is incorrect write it correctly
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what is reliability
the extent to which an experiment gives the same result each time it is performed

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