The ACT Science Test: The Scientific Method

Mackenzie S. (United States of America)
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  1. hypothesis
    a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
  2. control
    a standard against which other conditions can be compared
  3. model
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  4. precision
    the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance
  5. assumption
    a hypothesis that is taken for granted
  6. method
    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way
  7. framework
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process
  8. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  9. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  10. qualitative
    relating to or involving comparisons based on degrees
  11. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  12. constant
    a quantity that does not vary
  13. variable
    a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
  14. trend
    a general direction in which something tends to move
  15. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
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