AICE ENV. MNGMT VOCAB QZ 1

The quality or state of being correct or precise.

• Control variables

• dependent variable

• error

• accuracy

Instances or collections of data that occur very rarely in a data set

• Hypothesis

• Anomalous Data

• Law

• Theory

A flaw in the study/ design or the method of collecting info

• Bias

• Peer review

• Theory

• quantitive data

A random variable that can take on an infinite number of values within a given range, not countable.

• Control variables

• Anomalous data

• Continuous variables

• Accuracy

A factor, fact, or situation that is kept constant in an experiment.

• Control variables

• Constant variable

• Continuous variable

• Dependent variable

A scientific test that us designed to test hypotheses by keeping all factors constant except for one or few.

• Discontinuous variables

• Error

• Qualitive data

• Controlled experiment

A variable that depends on another variable

• Error

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Anomalous data

Variables that can take only a specified number of values in a given range.

• Discontinuous variables

• Continuous variables

• Observation

• Law

The difference between a measured, estimated, or computed value and the accepted true value.

• Accuracy

• Bias

• Precision

• Error

An educated guess.

• Law

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Peer review