TOPIC: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
Place the following steps of the Scientific Method in chronological order (1-6):
Communicate your results
Construct a hypothesis
Analyze data and draw conclusions
Ask a question
Do background research
Test the hypothesis (Experimentation)
Use the word bank below to a.
match the vocabulary to its
definition
b.
Hypothesis
Variables
C.
Independent Variable
d.
Observations
e.
Control
Constant
f.
Dependent Variable
g.
Inference
h.
Qualitative data
Quantitative data
Experiment
k.
-act of gathering information about a system or environment u
one or more of the five senses.
- a conclusion based on prior knowledge or information.
- "educated guess" or predicted solution to a problem.
Is a structured way to test a hypothesis.
- is the type of data gathered using the 5 senses.
-factors that change and can be measured in the experime
-the variable that you change on purpose.
-The variable that changes as a result of changing the I.V.
-A standard against which experimental results can be mea
- Is the type of data gathered using actual measurements.
-Things that are kept the same in the experiment.