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Hypothesis

Published on Nov 27, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Hypothesis:

testable explanation of a situation

Theory:

  • explains a phenomena
  • supported by observations and experiments
  • Theory's can change

Inference:
adding known knowledge to form a logical conclusion

Scientific Method:

  • Recognize the issue
  • Create observations
  • Perform a hypothesis
  • gather data
  • proceed or reject the hypothesis

Serendipity:

development of unexpected but fortunate results

Experiment:

test hypothesis

Control Group:

Forbids receiving the normal treatment

Experimental Group:

Receives the treatment being tested

Independent Variable:
the variable that you can change and control

Dependent Variable:
the variable that changes as a result of the y-axis

Constant:

controls variables; that are identical