Safety and scientific method
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- Constant Variable
- a data whose value cannot be changed once it is initially bound to a value
- Hypothesis
- a proposed scientific explanation for observations; logical inference; must be tested; must end with related conclusion
- Controlled Variable
- a variable in a model controlled by an agent in order to optimize something
- MSDS safety
- pour acid into water, not water into acid.
- Quantitative data
- using numbers or measuring, descriptive data.
- Experimental Experiment
- dictated by the scientific method in order to make a conclusion about such variables
- Controlled Experiment
- two virtually identical experiments are conducted
- Manipulated Variable
- Deliberately changed
- Responding Variable
- observed and changed in response to manipulated variable.
- Inferences
- Interpretation from Knowledge