10 Questions
What is the scientific method?
A systematic way of learning about the natural world
What does scientific data provide?
Facts independent of subjective values
What do natural laws not change over?
Time or distance
What is the proposed explanation in scientific inquiry called?
Hypothesis
What is responsible for natural events according to scientific inquiry?
Tracable cause
What must a hypothesis be in the scientific method?
Testable and falsifiable
What must there be for a hypothesis in the scientific method?
Some observation or experiment
What is the purpose of blinding in a properly designed experiment?
Information about the test conditions is not revealed to the participant
What does randomization do in a properly designed experiment?
Objects/individuals are put in an experimental group by chance
What is the purpose of a positive control in an experiment?
Used to test if all of the reagents and conditions work as expected
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