I hit you in the head with a rock, and your head starts to bleed. My rock is the “x” and your head is the “y”. Your head wasn’t bleeding before I struck you with the rock, and no other object or cause has been found for your head to start profusely bleeding, other than the fact that I smashed a rock on it. Therefore, hitting you on the head with a rock was the ________ of your head bleeding. (Example)
Research that works step-by-step to try and determine a cause and effect relationship is ____________ empiricism. (Definition)
A group of researchers want to find out how often factory workers are diagnosed with lung cancer after working in a factory that creates air pollution. If one of the factory workers smoked cigarettes everyday it could skew the data and would be considered a ______ variable. (Example)
When a researcher studies variables as they naturally occur and then assess their statistical relationship with each other it is known as a _________________. (Example)
A ____________________ study is similar to an experimental study but does not utilize random selection or an independent variable. (Definition)
Questions that are based on truth and observation are called ______ questions. (Definition)
Claims that confirm beliefs and appear to be based on science, but are not. ______ does not consist of accountability, scientific process, or consistent evidence. (Definition)
Karl ______ discovered pseudoscience. (Definition)
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A _____________ is when the population is put into groups based on certain characteristics. A sample is taken with participants from each group. (Definition)
The number of cookies eaten by my family increases in the winter time as does the number of holiday movies that we watch. The two variables (cookies eaten by my family and holiday movies watched by my family) are an example of a positive _________. (Example)
A dentist wants to know if questions about a patient’s pet calmed them down before a dental cleaning. He conducts an experiment by asking questions to half of his patients about their pets. He did not ask any questions to the remainder of his patients. The emotions displayed by the patients would be the __________ variable because their emotions depend on how they feel after the dentist’s questions about pets. (Example)
A _____________ is a part of the population that researchers take out to examine and draw conclusions from at random. It is an example of an unbiased sample and gives everyone an equal chance of being chosen. (Definition)
______________ studies explore the effects of an intervention, conducted in controlled environments with the purpose of testing theories and evaluating the causes of certain behaviors. (Definition)
An example of a ______ is all of the people in the state of Minnesota. (Example)
A study of 60 students was done to see how the amount of time playing video games impacts their performance in school. The ____________ variable is the amount of time a student spends playing video games. (Example)
All information must be accessible for it to be considered ______knowledge. (Definition)
A study is done on how many people walk to work or take other transportation. A random sample of 100 people who work are surveyed. This 100 people is a __________ of the population. (Example)
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