Scientific Inquiry - Introductory

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  1. analyze
    consider in detail in order to discover essential features
  2. conclusion
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  3. control
    a standard against which other conditions can be compared
  4. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  5. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  6. experiment
    the act of conducting a controlled test or investigation
  7. formulate
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
  8. generalization
    reasoning from detailed facts to broad principles
  9. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  10. inquiry
    a search for knowledge
  11. law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
  12. measurement
    assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
  13. modify
    cause to change; make different
  14. objective
    undistorted by emotion or personal bias
  15. observation
    the act of taking a patient look
  16. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  17. prediction
    the act of foretelling
  18. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  19. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  20. question
    a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
  21. refine
    make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
  22. replicate
    make or do or perform again
  23. research
    systematic investigation to establish facts
  24. scientific method
    a systematic way of investigating to test a hypothesis
  25. theory
    a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world
  26. unit
    a division accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
  27. validate
    give evidence for
  28. variable
    a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
  29. verifiable
    capable of being tested by experiment or observation
Created on Thu Feb 16 14:49:51 EST 2017 (updated Fri Mar 31 11:15:54 EDT 2017)

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