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Question | Answer |
Testing a hypothesis | A good experiment must be designed to conclusively prove the hypothesis |
Define Controlled experiment | A controlled experiment is one in which all possible effects from variables are eliminated |
How to design the experiment? | Base it on the predictions made and it must clearly prove the hypothesis |
What is required of an experiment? | An experiment must not be biased and be easily replicated by other scientists |
Experimental Group | The group which is subjected to the variable being investigated proven |
Control Group | The group is not subjected to the variable being investigated |
Double Bluff testing | The subjects in the experimental and control groups are unaware which group they are in |
Placebo effect | A placebo (study variable absent) has an effect due to psychological effects on the brain |
The experiment itself | The predicted result is either seen or absent proving the hypothesis |
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