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Mind Map by Diego De Aquino, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Diego De Aquino
about 6 years ago
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VARIABLES
- What is it?
- Any item, factor, or condition
that can be controlled or
changed.
- Any item, factor, or condition
that can be controlled or
changed.
- Independent
- The one that is manipulated or
changed by the scientist.
- The one that is manipulated or
changed by the scientist.
- Dependent
- The one observed or measured in the experiment.
- The one observed or measured in the experiment.
- Discrete
- Can only take on
discrete specific
values.
- Can only take on
discrete specific
values.
- Quantitative
- Variables that have are measured
on a numeric or quantitative scale.
- Variables that have are measured
on a numeric or quantitative scale.
- Controlled
- The one which the researcher holds constant
(controls) during an experiment.
- The one which the researcher holds constant
(controls) during an experiment.
- Examples
- If we water a plant with different amounts of water (liters) the height will
change. The independent variable is the water, because we are
changing it. The dependentt is the height because it´s afected by
the water. The q
- When boiling water. The controlled variable is the
temperature and the amount of water and the time. This can´t
change to repeat and have the same results.
- Quantitative: height,
wheight, temperature,
preasure, velocity, time, etc.
- The number of client that enter a certain store. The variable
can only be in that time interval. And is the number of clients.
- If we water a plant with different amounts of water (liters) the height will
change. The independent variable is the water, because we are
changing it. The dependentt is the height because it´s afected by
the water. The q
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