Prentice Hall Biology Chap. 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 observation | use of the senses to gather and record information about sturctures or processes in nature |
| data | information you write down |
| analysis | a process or method of studying the nature of something or determing its essential features and their relations |
| hypothesis | an educated guess |
| prediction | a hypothesis in an if...then statement |
| problem statement | a clear, consice description of the issues that need to be addressed by a problem solving team |
| qualitative data | data that deals with qualities or descriptions |
| quantitative data | data that deals with measurements or mathematical facts |
| evidence | collected body of data from observations and experiments |
| dependent variable | factor in an experiment that you measure or count |
| independent variable | the factor in an experiment that you are testing, or that you change on purpose |
| control | the factor in an experiment that you use for comparison and doesn't include and predict variable |
| controlled experiment | experiment that has a control |
| inference | guess based on prior knowledge |
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