Basic Terms and Definitions
Observation: using one or more of your five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing) to record facts about an item or an event.
Inference: an explanation of an observation
Qualitative observation: Observations that use observable qualities to describe something, like its color, smell or texture, etc.
Quantitative observation: Observations that use a measurable quantity to describe something, like its length in centimeters or weight in kilograms, etc.
Vary: to make or become different
Variable: something that varies or is changeable
Types of variables:
Independent: the variable that is purposely allowed to change in some way
Dependent: the results of the experiment; it is the variable that is measured.
Controlled: variable that stays the same or constant; it keeps the investigation “fair”
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Inference: an explanation of an observation
Qualitative observation: Observations that use observable qualities to describe something, like its color, smell or texture, etc.
Quantitative observation: Observations that use a measurable quantity to describe something, like its length in centimeters or weight in kilograms, etc.
Vary: to make or become different
Variable: something that varies or is changeable
Types of variables:
Independent: the variable that is purposely allowed to change in some way
Dependent: the results of the experiment; it is the variable that is measured.
Controlled: variable that stays the same or constant; it keeps the investigation “fair”
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