Data Collection and Analysis Quiz

What is data?

• A tool used to measure objects

• Information collected by scientists through observations or measurements

• A type of scientific law

• A computer model

What are some ways to collect data?

• By guessing and estimating

• By using only computer models

• By measurements, observations, or surveys

• By reading books

What are tools?

• Objects used to do work

• Scientific laws

• Data collected during an investigation

• Computer models

What is precision?

• How close a measured value is to the actual value

• A type of data collection method

• How close measured values are to one another

• A scientific law

What is accuracy?

• How close a measured value is to the actual value

• How close measured values are to one another

• A type of tool used in science

• A method of collecting data

What is evidence?

• A hypothesis of the investigation

• Data collected during an investigation

• A scientific law

• A tool used to measure objects