Engineering Terms

the quality of nearness to the true or desired value

• accuracy
• evaluate
• predict

breaking an object or process into smaller parts to examine or evaluate systematically

• inference
• random error
• analysis

a persuasive defense for an explanation or solution based on evidence and reasoning

• argument
• constraint
• communicate

an evaluation of the cost, quality and/or ability of someone or something

• problem
• process
• assessment

the relationship between cause and effect

• parallax
• causation
• relevance

a response made to a question and in the process of answering that question

• refine
• claim
• performance

To share information orally, in written form and/or graphically through various forms of media

• reasoning
• evidence
• communicate

a limitation or condition that must be satisfied by a design, including materials, cost, size, labor, etc.

• constraint
• model
• patterns

a variable that is kept the same across all tests for use as the comparison standard

• relevance
• control
• prototype

a predictive dependent relationship between variables that may be positive or negative.

• observation
• reasoning
• correlation