Experiment Vocab

person observes and measures characteristic without changing the conditions

• observational study

• experiment

• treatment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

treatment is imposed upon a subject and a response is recorded

• observational study

• experiment

• treatment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

the factor that is manipulated by the experimenter

• observational study

• experiment

• treatment

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

group which no treatment is applied and is used for comparison

• control

• experimental

• placebo

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

group to which treatment or placeboes are applied

• control

• experimental

• placebo

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

unmedicated treatment made to look like the real treatment

• control

• experimental

• placebo

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

using a mathematical or physical model to reproduce the conditions of a study

• simulation

• survey

• randomization

• replication

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.2

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

used to investigate one or more characteristic of a population by asking subjects questions

• simulation

• survey

• randomization

• replication

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

randomly assigning subjects to different treatment groups

• simulation

• survey

• randomization

• replication

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.5

replicating the experiment by using a large number of subjects

• simulation

• survey

• randomization

• replication