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Ch.1 The Scientific Method
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- 1What is the purpose of 'Double-blind Testing'?So neither the experimenter nor the test participant(s) know who's receiving a particular treatment
- 2Name 3 resources an experimenter can use to publish their findings1. Scientific Journal
2. Internet
3. Scientific Magazine - 3What is the purpose of a hypothesis?To attempt to explain an observation
- 4What is meant by a 'control'?A way to provide a comparison against which the actual experiment can be judged
- 5What is meant by a 'theory'?An explanation based on repeated hypothesis
- 6What is meant by a 'replicate'?A repeated experiment
- 7Name one limitation of the scientific methodThe extend of our current knowledge
- 8What is a 'variable'?A factor that may change in an experiment
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