The scientific process

What is a hypothesis?

A proposed explanation for a phenomenon

What makes a hypothesis scientific?

It must be falsifiable and testable

What happens when a hypothesis is tested over and over?

It is made into a theory

independent variable

The variable you believe could affect or predict your dependent variable

dependent variable

the response variable

correlation

the relationship between two variables

causation

indicates that one event is the result of the occurrence of the other events

constants

things you can control and keep constant/consistent

replication

doing an aspect of a study multiple times

randomization

assigning a control group vs a variable group randomly to eliminate selection bias