Hypothesis

At this step we state the possible answers to the problem studied. These should be confirmed through experimentation.

• Problem statement

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Research

Hypotheses come from observations. Observations give you variables, and variables can be:

• Quantitative and Qualitative

• Discrete and continuous

• Colors and smells

• Measurements and lengths

Variables that we control are called

• Discrete

• Continuous

• Dependent

• Independent

Variables that result from the activity in the experiment are called

• Continuous

• Discrete

• Independent

• Dependent

What is an educated guess?

• A researched possible explanation

• Randomly explaining a process

• An explanation of the process

What wording does a formal hypothesis have?

• When... then...

• If... then...

• If.. then... because...

• When.... then... because...

What type of variable comes after "If...." when writing a forma hypothesis?

• Dependent Variable

• Independent variable

• Control variable

What kind of variable comes after "then..." in a formal hypothesis?

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control variable

What comes after "because..." in a formal hypothesis?

• Control variable

• A guess to what will happen

• Possible explanation

If you eat chocolate, then you will get pimples because chocolate increases the amount of oil in your skin.       

What is the independent variable?

• Amount of chocolate

• Getting pimples

• Amount of oil in skin

• An increase in oil in skin