assumption - ANSWER A statement that is accepted or believed to be true without
evidence is reffered to as an __________________________.
bar graph - ANSWER a graph of date in which the independent variable is
CATEGORICAL, rather than continuous is known as what?
categorical data - ANSWER __________________ __________ are variables that have only
certain discrete values.
continous variable - ANSWER a variable that can have any value between two limits;
exhibiting a spectrum of value from one extreme to another is known as a
________________________ __________________.
control group - ANSWER A ___________________ group in an experiment in which the
independent variable is ELIMINATED or set to a standard value;
(used as a standard for comparison to experimental treatments)
data - ANSWER information (measurements, observations, experimental results) is
reffered to as _________.
dependent variable - ANSWER the ________________ variable is a functional relationship
that varies as a result of change in the independent variable; the responding variable in
an experiment
experiment - ANSWER a test of the "accuracy of predictions" of a hypothesis is reffered
to as an _________________.
, experimental error - ANSWER inaccuracy due to procedural faults is known as
________________ ________.
extrapolation - ANSWER ____________________ is estimating a value outside the range of
measured date
histogram - ANSWER a graph of the frequency distribution of a set of data (Year to Year)
is known as a _______________.
hypothesis - ANSWER a CAUSAL explanation of a natural phenomenon is known as a
______________________.
independent variable - ANSWER the variable in a functional relationship that is believed
to be the cause of changes in other variables; known as the ______________________
________________.
(the manipulated variables in an experiment)
inference - ANSWER an ________________________ is a statement that is accepted or
believed to be true on the basis of evidence
interpolation - ANSWER estimating a value within the range of measured data is known
as what?
line graph - ANSWER a ____________ graph is a functional relationship between two data
sets.
mean - ANSWER the average value in a sample is also known as the __________.
median - ANSWER the middle value in a set of number, arranged from low to high value
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