Unit 0 Vocabulary CFA

______ subjective; a guess about an observation.

• Inference

• Observation

• Hypothesis

• Conclusion

______ description of how things happen in nature.

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Observation

______ descriptive data.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Numerical

• Statistical

______ factors that do not change in the experiment; conditions kept the same for all groups.

• Constant

• Variable

• Control

• Hypothesis

______ what is being purposefully changed; what is being tested; the 'cause'.

• Independent Variable

• Dependent Variable

• Control Variable

• Constant

______ a testable prediction that attempts to answer a question.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Observation

• Experiment

______ the normal group used for comparison.

• Control Group

• Experimental Group

• Placebo Group

• Test Group

______ numerical data.

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Descriptive

• Categorical

______ what is being measured; the data collected as a response; the 'effect'.

• Dependent Variable

• Independent Variable

• Control Variable

• Constant

______ the group that is being tested and purposefully changed.

• Experimental Group

• Control Group

• Placebo Group

• Random Group