Chapter 1: Process of Science

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Independent Variable

What the researcher changes/tests

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Dependent Variable

What is Measured

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Control Group

the baseline for the experiment

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Experimental group

receives treatments

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Experimental Study

researcher manipulates the variable

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Observational Study

Researcher observe without intervening

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Correlation

two variables change together; observational studies can show this

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Causation

supported only by well-controlled experiments (control group, randomization) that isolate one variable.

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Confounding variable

an uncontrolled factor that affects the outcome and can create a misleading link between the variables.