BI110 Chapter Notes - Chapter Module 3: Natural Experiment, Scientific Method, Standard Deviation
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A: a process through which advantageous traits are passed from one generation to the next because individuals with those traits are better able to survive and reproduce. A: a process of learning through observation and experimentation. (cycles through deductive and inductive reasoning) A: predicting a specific result from general principles. It must be framed in a way that it can be proven wrong through experimentation. A hypothesis can never be proven because there could always be another explanation for the results. A: a group that receives treatment in an experiment. A: a group that does not receive treatment in an experiment. A: an experiment in which one group receives treatment and the other does not. A: measured results of an experiment; dependent on the independent variable. A: the variable that is controlled by the scientist. A: probability that a given result is not due to random chance. A: a measure of the spread in data.
