Experimental Design Vocabulary

Anything that can be controlled in an experiment.

• Control Group

• Variable

• Tested Group

• Sample Size

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The tested variable that an experimenter changes.

• Control Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Classify

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

What is being measured in an experiment; the outcome variable that depends on how the experiment goes.

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Measure

• Control Group

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The group of subjects that do not receive the tested or independent variable; this group is used for comparison.

• Tested Group

• Variable

• Sample Size

• Control Group

The group of subjects that receive the tested or independent variable.

• Control Variable

• Tested Group

• Sample Size

• Control Group

Anything that is kept the same for all subjects in the experiment.

• Control Group

• Sample Size

• Control Variable

• Measure

Sorting or putting things into groups based on their shared characteristics.

• Classify

• Measure

• Analyze

• Variable

To find the size or quantity of something by comparing it to a known value.

• Control Variable

• Measure

• Analyze

• Classify

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

To study information carefully.

• Measure

• Classify

• Analyze

• Variable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

The number of subjects of subjects being observed and/or measured in an experiment.

• Sample Size

• Control Variable

• Classify

• Control Group