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| TO CLOSE OR BRING TO AN END; TO ACCEPT OR REJECT A HYPOTHESIS IN AN EXPERIMENT |
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| RECORDED OBSERVATIONS OR MEASUREMENTS |
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| A TENTATIVE EXPLANATION THAT ACCOUNTS FOR A SET OF FACTS AND THAT CAN BE TESTED BY FURTHER INVESTIGATION |
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| AN EXPLANATION OF A LARGE BODY OF INFORMATION, EXPERIMENTAL AND INFERENTIAL, AND SERVES AS AN OVERARCHING FRAMEWORK FOR NUIMEROUS CONCEPTS. IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEW EVIDENCE BECOMES AVAILABLE |
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| A BASIC SCIENTIFIC THEORY THAT IS NO LONGER TESTED AND IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS TRUE (NEWTON'S LAW OF GRAVITY) |
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| AN EXPERIMENT IN WHICH ALL VARIABLES EXCPET THE ONE BEING TESTED ARE IDENTIFCAL IN ORDER TO MAKE THE EXPERIMENT FAIR AND THE RESULTS RELIABLE |
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| ANY FACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENT THAT COULD AFFECT THE RESULTS AND IS THEREFORE TESTED SEPARETLY |
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| A VARIABLE THAT IS NOT CHANGED |
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| A VARIABLE THAT YOU PURPOSELY MANIPULATE (MANIPULATED VARIABLE) |
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| THE VARIABLE BEING OBSERVE3D THAT CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE(RESPONDING VARIABLE) |
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| DATA THAT INVOLVES NUIMBERS OR MEASUREMENT USUALLY IN THE FORM OF A CHART OR GRAPH. |
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| ANECDOTAL OR DESCRIPTIVE DATA THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE NUMBERS OR MEASUREMENT |
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| AN ORGANIZED WAY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THROUGH EXPERIEMENTATION AND OBSERVATION |
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| STEPS OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD |
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1. STATE THE PROBLEM
2. COLLECT INFORMATION
3. FORM A HYPOTHESIS
4. DESIGN AN EXPERIMENT
5. COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA
6. DRAW CONCLUSIONS |
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| ALL CONDITIONS REMAIN THE SAME |
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| ONLY THE CONDITION THAT YOU ARE TESTING FOR IS CHANGED |
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| A GENERAL STATEMENT OF WHY THINGS WORK BASED ON HYPOTHESES THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED MANY TIMES. |
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| A STATEMENT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN A CERTAIN EVENT BASED ON VERIFIED OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS |
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| THE ACT OF OBSERVING (TASTE, TOUCH, SMELL, FEEL, SEE, ETC) |
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| A QUICK CONCLUSION THAT ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN AN OBSERVATION |
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| TO FORECAST; TO GUESS THE OUTCOME OF A SITUATION BEFOREHAND |
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| TO SEPARATE OR BREAK APART INTO SMALLER SECTIONS FOR STUDY |
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