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alternate hypothesis - ✔✔factor other than the tested hypothesis that may explain
observations
anecdotal evidence - ✔✔information based on an individuals personal experience
applied (practical) science - ✔✔applies existing scientific knowledge to develop more
practical applications, like technology or inventions
basic (pure) science - ✔✔fundamental to the study of medicine
bias - ✔✔influence of research participants opinions on experimental results
blind experiment - ✔✔test in which subjects are not aware of exactly what they are
predicted to experience
control - ✔✔subject for an experiment who is similar to experimental subject except is
not exposed to the experimental treatment. used as a baseline value for comparison
correlation - ✔✔relationship between 2 factors
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,data - ✔✔information collected by scientists during hypothesis testing
deductive reasoning - ✔✔making the prediction of an outcome of a test
double bind - ✔✔experimental design protocol when both research subjects and
scientists performing the measurements are unaware of either the experimental
hypothesis or who is in control or experimental group
experiment - ✔✔a situation designed to test specific hypotheses
falsifiable - ✔✔able to be proved false
hypothesis - ✔✔tentative explanation for an observation that requires testing to validate
inductive reasoning - ✔✔a logical process that argues from specific instances to a
general conclusion
mean - ✔✔average value of a group of measurements
objective - ✔✔without bias
observation - ✔✔observing something
peer review - ✔✔reports of scientific research are examined and critiqued by other
researchers they are polished in scholarly journals
placebos - ✔✔sham treatments in experiments
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, popular science literature - ✔✔interpretations of science intended for a general
audience
predictions - ✔✔result expected from a particular test of a hypothesis if the hypothesis
were true
primary source - ✔✔article reporting research results written by researchers and
reviewed by the scientific community
random assignment - ✔✔placing individuals into experimental and control groups
randomly to eliminate systematic differences between the groups
sample size - ✔✔number of individuals in both the experimental and control groups
sample - ✔✔small subgroup of a population used an experimental test
sampling error - ✔✔effect of chance on experimental results
scepticism - ✔✔skeptical attitude
science - ✔✔study of structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world
through observation and experiment
scientific method - ✔✔a systematic method of research consisting of putting a
hypothesis to a test to disprove it, if it is false
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alternate hypothesis - ✔✔factor other than the tested hypothesis that may explain
observations
anecdotal evidence - ✔✔information based on an individuals personal experience
applied (practical) science - ✔✔applies existing scientific knowledge to develop more
practical applications, like technology or inventions
basic (pure) science - ✔✔fundamental to the study of medicine
bias - ✔✔influence of research participants opinions on experimental results
blind experiment - ✔✔test in which subjects are not aware of exactly what they are
predicted to experience
control - ✔✔subject for an experiment who is similar to experimental subject except is
not exposed to the experimental treatment. used as a baseline value for comparison
correlation - ✔✔relationship between 2 factors
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,data - ✔✔information collected by scientists during hypothesis testing
deductive reasoning - ✔✔making the prediction of an outcome of a test
double bind - ✔✔experimental design protocol when both research subjects and
scientists performing the measurements are unaware of either the experimental
hypothesis or who is in control or experimental group
experiment - ✔✔a situation designed to test specific hypotheses
falsifiable - ✔✔able to be proved false
hypothesis - ✔✔tentative explanation for an observation that requires testing to validate
inductive reasoning - ✔✔a logical process that argues from specific instances to a
general conclusion
mean - ✔✔average value of a group of measurements
objective - ✔✔without bias
observation - ✔✔observing something
peer review - ✔✔reports of scientific research are examined and critiqued by other
researchers they are polished in scholarly journals
placebos - ✔✔sham treatments in experiments
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, popular science literature - ✔✔interpretations of science intended for a general
audience
predictions - ✔✔result expected from a particular test of a hypothesis if the hypothesis
were true
primary source - ✔✔article reporting research results written by researchers and
reviewed by the scientific community
random assignment - ✔✔placing individuals into experimental and control groups
randomly to eliminate systematic differences between the groups
sample size - ✔✔number of individuals in both the experimental and control groups
sample - ✔✔small subgroup of a population used an experimental test
sampling error - ✔✔effect of chance on experimental results
scepticism - ✔✔skeptical attitude
science - ✔✔study of structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world
through observation and experiment
scientific method - ✔✔a systematic method of research consisting of putting a
hypothesis to a test to disprove it, if it is false
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