BSC 1005 Chapter 1 – 9 2024/2025 Exam
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A hypothesis is a statement that
A)can be changed throughout the experiment.
B)can be avidly accepted by scientists.
C)can be tested and proven true.
D)can be tested and proven false.
E)precedes a theory. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D)Can be tested and proven false
2.
The scientific process from beginning to end can be outlined as:
A)hypothesize, test, analyze, and conclude.
B)observe, hypothesize, test, analyze, and conclude.
C)observe, question, test, analyze, and conclude.
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,D)hypothesize, observe, analyze, and conclude.
E)observe, test, hypothesize, analyze, and conclude. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔B)observe, hypothesize, test, analyze, and conclude.
What is the importance of peer review in the scientific process?
A)It helps a scientist formulate a hypothesis.
B)It helps a scientist choose test subjects.
C)It ensures that a study has been appropriately designed and correctly
interpreted.
D)It helps the scientist collect data.
E)It is the first step in any scientific study. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C)It ensures
that a study has been appropriately designed and correctly interpreted.
What is the importance of a placebo?
A)It allows the researcher to treat control and experimental groups
differently while allowing them to believe they are being treated the same.
B)It allows the researcher to treat control and experimental groups the
same while allowing them to believe they are being treated differently.
C)It allows the researcher to use an experimental drug on more people.
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, D)It removes the need for a control group.
E)All of the above. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A)It allows the researcher to treat
control and experimental groups differently while allowing them to believe
they are being treated the same.
Statistical significance?
A)indicates a high likelihood that your results are due to your treatment
versus due to chance.
B)is more likely to be reliable if you have a small sample size versus a
large sample size.
C)is a requirement of the data from a scientific experiment.
D)indicates that the hypothesis should be rejected.
E)depends on large data sets. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A)indicates a high
likelihood that your results are due to your treatment versus due to chance.
You are reviewing the results of five similar experiments, but each had a
different sample size. Which of the following experiments has the most
reliable results?
A)the experiment with a sample size of 10
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Questions Marking Scheme New Update
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1.
A hypothesis is a statement that
A)can be changed throughout the experiment.
B)can be avidly accepted by scientists.
C)can be tested and proven true.
D)can be tested and proven false.
E)precedes a theory. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D)Can be tested and proven false
2.
The scientific process from beginning to end can be outlined as:
A)hypothesize, test, analyze, and conclude.
B)observe, hypothesize, test, analyze, and conclude.
C)observe, question, test, analyze, and conclude.
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,D)hypothesize, observe, analyze, and conclude.
E)observe, test, hypothesize, analyze, and conclude. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔B)observe, hypothesize, test, analyze, and conclude.
What is the importance of peer review in the scientific process?
A)It helps a scientist formulate a hypothesis.
B)It helps a scientist choose test subjects.
C)It ensures that a study has been appropriately designed and correctly
interpreted.
D)It helps the scientist collect data.
E)It is the first step in any scientific study. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C)It ensures
that a study has been appropriately designed and correctly interpreted.
What is the importance of a placebo?
A)It allows the researcher to treat control and experimental groups
differently while allowing them to believe they are being treated the same.
B)It allows the researcher to treat control and experimental groups the
same while allowing them to believe they are being treated differently.
C)It allows the researcher to use an experimental drug on more people.
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, D)It removes the need for a control group.
E)All of the above. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A)It allows the researcher to treat
control and experimental groups differently while allowing them to believe
they are being treated the same.
Statistical significance?
A)indicates a high likelihood that your results are due to your treatment
versus due to chance.
B)is more likely to be reliable if you have a small sample size versus a
large sample size.
C)is a requirement of the data from a scientific experiment.
D)indicates that the hypothesis should be rejected.
E)depends on large data sets. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A)indicates a high
likelihood that your results are due to your treatment versus due to chance.
You are reviewing the results of five similar experiments, but each had a
different sample size. Which of the following experiments has the most
reliable results?
A)the experiment with a sample size of 10
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