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Experimenting with method

Hypothesis, one variable at a time, plan, repetitions and analysis: how to separate the cause from everything else that changes and draw conclusions from the data

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What it includes

Pages
15
Exercises
8: 2 basic, 4 intermediate and 2 challenge; 5 with a numerical answer
Sources cited
9
Class
40-minute script
Format
US Letter PDF and script as text
Zone of the tree
Trunk
Stage
Advanced beginner

Este curso en español

When you finish you will be able to

Design a test that separates the cause from everything else that changes, and draw conclusions from the data.

What you learn

  • Write a hypothesis that a test can refute, and name the factor, the response, the controlled variables and the uncontrolled ones.
  • Separate the effects of two changes with tests that differ in a single variable.
  • Plan a test with levels, repetitions, a randomized order and a criterion written before measuring.
  • Analyze the data with average, half-range, graph, slope and, in a 2 × 2 factorial, effects and interaction.
  • Write a five-part conclusion that someone else can check and repeat.

Who it is for

Young people aged 16 to 24 who study engineering or a technical trade and already know how to measure and record, and how to use proportions and straight lines. Examples from electrical work, with batteries and a graphite pencil.

Sample pages

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Class video

PDF + script; the class video arrives once it is recorded.