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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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a universal process to acquire knowlege about the natural world; based on observable and measurable evidence through observation and experimentation
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#1. QUESITON
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the thing you would like to know about a subject based on physical observations
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#2. HYPOTHESIS
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an educated guess to potentially answer the question
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QUANTITATIVE
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objective in nature; directly and physically measurable
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QUALITATIVE
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subjective in nature; cannot be directly measured in units; involves the use of data that is descriptive in nature
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#3. EXPERIMENT
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test your hypothesis; design a controll
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CONTROL
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that which does not change in the experiment; a control is intended to be used as a source of comparison, and is not manipulated in the experiment
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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE
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the INPUT of the experiment; the factor the experiment manipulates in order to generate a measurable response
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DEPENDENT VARIABLE
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the OUTPUT of the experiment; resulting data
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#4. EVALUATION
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organize and analyze data; must be objective
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TRENDS
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follows a general course
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OBSERVED OUTCOME
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the outcome you acutally got from the experiment
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EXPECTED OUTCOME
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the outcome expected according to the hypothesis
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#5. CONCLUSION
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determine if the outcome of your experiments support your original hypothesis; if not create a new hypothesis for another experiment
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