Scientific Method Vocabulary 1. Scientific method 2. Hypothesis 3. Question 4. Experiment 5. Observation 6. Qualitative observation 7. Quantitative observation 8. Data 9. Data table 10. Variable 11. Dependent variable 12. Independent variable 13. Trial 14. Inference 15. Analysis 16. Conclusion a method of problem solving by testing a hypothesis. an educated guess that answers your question. what it is that you want to test or find out. testing an idea or hypothesis through a controlled investigation. making and recording measurements. using the senses to gather information about of something...without numbers using the senses to gather information about of something...with numbers. a collection of facts – usually numbers an organized chart to record and keep data from the experiment. things that change or can be changed in an experiment. the changes that are measured in an experiment. Written after the "then, ________" in the hypothesis. what causes the changes measured in an experiment. Written in the first part of the hypothesis after the "If___" each test performed in an experiment. drawing a conclusion or judgment based on data. a study of the data looking for patterns, errors and meaning. a judgment that tells whether the data does or does not support the hypothesis Scientific Method Vocabulary 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Scientific method Hypothesis Question Experiment Observation Qualitative observation 7. Quantitative observation 8. Data 9. Data table 10. Variable 11. Dependent variable 12. Independent variable 13. Trial 14. Inference 15. Analysis 16. Conclusion a method of problem solving by testing a hypothesis. an educated guess that answers your question. what it is that you want to test or find out. testing an idea or hypothesis through a controlled investigation. making and recording measurements. using the senses to gather information about of something...without numbers using the senses to gather information about of something...with numbers. a collection of facts – usually numbers an organized chart to record and keep data from the experiment. things that change or can be changed in an experiment. the changes that are measured in an experiment. Written after the "then, ________" in the hypothesis. what causes the changes measured in an experiment. Written in the first part of the hypothesis after the "If___" each test performed in an experiment. drawing a conclusion or judgment based on data. a study of the data looking for patterns, errors and meaning. a judgment that tells whether the data does or does not support the hypothesis