LAB DISCOVERY EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is step four of the scientific method - answer-prediction
What is the prediction developed based on - answer-hypothesis
What is step five of the scientific method - answer-experiments
What is the hypothesis tested by - answer-experiments
What is the purpose of the experiment - answer-to determine whether observations
agree with or conflict with the predictions derived from a hypothesis
What is step six of the scientific method - answer-conclusion
What is based upon the data collected - answer-whether the hypothesis is rejected or
accepted and a conclusion is drawn from that
To avoid the implication that the original experiment was a mistake, an experiment must
be repeated multiple times and produce similar results - answer-replication
What can replicating the experiment give us to elude in our results - answer-
experimental error
When another scientist is repeating someone else's experiment what are they trying to
confirm? - answer-validity
Evaluation of the experiments by experts in the field - answer-peer review
What does peer review not do - answer-certify the correctness of the results
What is the only thing that peer review can do - answer-say that in the opinion of the
reviewer, the experiments themselves were sound
In what ways can scientific findings be requested - answer-scientific journal or by other
scientists who wish to replicated the experiment
What can you do after you gather data to test predictions - answer-develop general
theories
Any statement containing the word "will" is a what - answer-prediction
A proposed explanation for an observed phenomenon - answer-hypothesis
, What is a hypothesis based on - answer-prior experience and scientific background
knowledge
What quality does a hypothesis have to have to be scientific - answer-testable
What things must be taken into consideration when weighing up alternative hypotheses
- answer-testability, parsimony, scope, fruitfulness, conservatism
It can be verifiable or falsifiable - answer-testability
Simler hypotheses are preferred over more complex ones - answer-parsimony
Neither too specific nor to general - answer-scope
The prospect that a hypothesis may explain further phenomena in the future - answer-
fruitfulness
The degree of "fit" with existing recognized knowledge or systems - answer-
conservatism
What is one quality that a testable hypothesis must have in order to be right - answer-
variables
What might the prediction be able to forecast - answer-the outmode of an experiment in
a lab or the observation of a phenomenon in nature
Simply a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future - answer-
prediction
_____________ is an explanation for a phenomenon, while a ____________ is an
expectation derived from the hypothesis - answer-hypotheses; prediction
Multiply by 6 the addition of 5 plus 4, then divide by 3, then add 3, and finally subtract 7
- answer-=6*(5+4)/3+(3-7)
Countif function - answer-counts the number of cells in a range that match the supplied
criteria
A procedure carried out to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known
fact - answer-experiment
What will a well designed experiment do - answer-hold its ground under questioning and
will focus criticism on concussions rather than potential experimental errors
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is step four of the scientific method - answer-prediction
What is the prediction developed based on - answer-hypothesis
What is step five of the scientific method - answer-experiments
What is the hypothesis tested by - answer-experiments
What is the purpose of the experiment - answer-to determine whether observations
agree with or conflict with the predictions derived from a hypothesis
What is step six of the scientific method - answer-conclusion
What is based upon the data collected - answer-whether the hypothesis is rejected or
accepted and a conclusion is drawn from that
To avoid the implication that the original experiment was a mistake, an experiment must
be repeated multiple times and produce similar results - answer-replication
What can replicating the experiment give us to elude in our results - answer-
experimental error
When another scientist is repeating someone else's experiment what are they trying to
confirm? - answer-validity
Evaluation of the experiments by experts in the field - answer-peer review
What does peer review not do - answer-certify the correctness of the results
What is the only thing that peer review can do - answer-say that in the opinion of the
reviewer, the experiments themselves were sound
In what ways can scientific findings be requested - answer-scientific journal or by other
scientists who wish to replicated the experiment
What can you do after you gather data to test predictions - answer-develop general
theories
Any statement containing the word "will" is a what - answer-prediction
A proposed explanation for an observed phenomenon - answer-hypothesis
, What is a hypothesis based on - answer-prior experience and scientific background
knowledge
What quality does a hypothesis have to have to be scientific - answer-testable
What things must be taken into consideration when weighing up alternative hypotheses
- answer-testability, parsimony, scope, fruitfulness, conservatism
It can be verifiable or falsifiable - answer-testability
Simler hypotheses are preferred over more complex ones - answer-parsimony
Neither too specific nor to general - answer-scope
The prospect that a hypothesis may explain further phenomena in the future - answer-
fruitfulness
The degree of "fit" with existing recognized knowledge or systems - answer-
conservatism
What is one quality that a testable hypothesis must have in order to be right - answer-
variables
What might the prediction be able to forecast - answer-the outmode of an experiment in
a lab or the observation of a phenomenon in nature
Simply a statement about what will happen or might happen in the future - answer-
prediction
_____________ is an explanation for a phenomenon, while a ____________ is an
expectation derived from the hypothesis - answer-hypotheses; prediction
Multiply by 6 the addition of 5 plus 4, then divide by 3, then add 3, and finally subtract 7
- answer-=6*(5+4)/3+(3-7)
Countif function - answer-counts the number of cells in a range that match the supplied
criteria
A procedure carried out to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known
fact - answer-experiment
What will a well designed experiment do - answer-hold its ground under questioning and
will focus criticism on concussions rather than potential experimental errors
