An organized plean for gathering, organizing and communicating information in order to solve a problem

Information you obtain through your senses

A proposed answer to a question

The variable that causes change in another; independent varibale

The variable that changes in response to a change in another variable; dependent variable

Goup used for comparison, it does not usually recieve the independent variable

Well-tested explanation for a set of observations or experimental results

 A  statement that summarizes a pattern found in nature

Representation of an object or event

A summary of the results of the experiment and a statement of how the results relate to the hypothesis

The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgement on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

Data that is descripted and discovered using your senses,; often collected through interviews, empirical observations, or the interpretation of texts, artwork, old maps and other archives

Numerical information describing how much, how little, how big, how small, how fast, etc.

Claims presented and advertised as scientific that are not supported by evidence obtained with the scientific method

A statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened

A methodology that uses and arrangement of control and treatment conditions that permit comparisons that help to identify the effects of the independent variable on the dependent variable

A master plan that specifies the question, methods, and procedures for collecting and analyzing information to solve a specified problem