Data and Variables Quiz

What is the definition of 'data'?

• Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

• An act or the power of seeing or taking notice of something

• Descriptions of the qualities observed in an experiment

• Information that can be counted or measured and given a numerical value

What does 'observation' mean?

• Descriptions of the qualities observed in an experiment

• An act or the power of seeing or taking notice of something

• Information that can be counted or measured and given a numerical value

• The variable being manipulated or changed in the experiment

What is 'qualitative data'?

• Information that can be counted or measured and given a numerical value

• Descriptions of the qualities observed in an experiment

• The variable being measured in response to the independent variable

• All factors that do not change in the experiment

What is 'quantitative data'?

• Descriptions of qualities observed in an experiment

• Information that can be counted or measured and given a numerical value

• The variable being manipulated in the experiment

• Factors that do not change in the experiment

What is a 'variable'?

• Able to be changed or adapted

• The variable being measured in response to the independent variable

• All factors that do not change in the experiment

• Descriptions of the qualities observed in an experiment

What is a 'constant' in an experiment?

• The variable being manipulated or changed in the experiment

• The variable being measured in response to the independent variable

• All factors that do not change in the experiment

• Information that can be counted or measured and given a numerical value

What is the definition of "inference"?

• A guess based on no evidence

• A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning

• A random assumption

• A statement of fact

What does "hypothesis" mean?

• A proven fact

• An educated guess for experiments

• A random guess

• A conclusion without evidence