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1.3 Processing and analysing data

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1how do scientists present collected data?by writing a practical report
2what is a practical report?a report written by scientists to communicate what they found out in an investigation
3what should be included in a prac report?heading
purpose
hypothesis
materials
procedure
results
review
resource list
4headinginclude the name and date of the investigation and who did it
5purposewhat you were tying to do
[aim]
6hypothesisan educated guess about what you think might happen in the experiment
7materialsa list of everything that you used in the investigation
8procedure[method]
description of everything you did in the investigation
9resultsincludes a complete list of your observations and measurements. You may also analyse your data here
10reviewwhere you discuss your experiment aka the discussion
11resource listbibliography. A list of all resources used in gathering info about the investigation
12why is it good to show quantitative data in a table or spreadsheet?becuz it makes any patterns obvious
134 types of graphscolumn
bar
line
pie
14line or curve of best fita straight line or curve drawn through the centre on points on a graph
15dependent variablethe variable that is measured in an investigation
16independent variablethe variable that is changed
17define extrapolationwhen you logically extend a graph. This allows you to predict data beyond the end of the experiment

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Created by: minaal imran · May 2017
Updated: May 20, 2017
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