Ch.1 The Scientific Method

Question	Answer
What is the purpose of 'Double-blind Testing'?	So neither the experimenter nor the test participant(s) know who's receiving a particular treatment
Name 3 resources an experimenter can use to publish their findings	1. Scientific Journal 2. Internet 3. Scientific Magazine
What is the purpose of a hypothesis?	To attempt to explain an observation
What is meant by a 'control'?	A way to provide a comparison against which the actual experiment can be judged
What is meant by a 'theory'?	An explanation based on repeated hypothesis
What is meant by a 'replicate'?	A repeated experiment
Name one limitation of the scientific method	The extend of our current knowledge
What is a 'variable'?	A factor that may change in an experiment

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	Created by Siúbhán Conlon over 7 years ago