Unit 1 List 1 Graphing DSMS

Question 1

Observation

Answer 1

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Question 2

Data

Question 3

Variable

Question 4

Precision

Question 5

Accuracy

Answer 5

a variable that stands alone and isn’t changed by the other variables you are trying to measure.

Question 6

Predict

Answer 6

a possible outcome of a scientific test based on logically reasoning about a particular scientific idea

Question 7

Infer

Question 8

Independent variable

Answer 8

how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value.

Question 9

Dependent

Answer 9

what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment.

Question 10

Line graph

Answer 10

Line graphs visualize trends among dense data sets, which are sometimes listed in an accompanying table in a report.

Question 11

Bar graph

Answer 11

A bar graph is used to compare the frequency of a category or characteristic with that of another category or characteristic.

Question 12

Pie graph

Answer 12

A circle divided into sectors that represent the percentages of a population or a sample that belongs to different categories

Question 13

Scatter plot

Answer 13

identifies a possible relationship between changes observed in two different sets of variables.