13.1 Scientific Method Review

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Across
  1. 4. A confounding variable is an “extra” variable that you didn’t account for. They can ruin an experiment and give you useless results. They can suggest there is correlation when in fact there isn’t. They can even introduce bias. That’s why it’s important to know what one is, and how to avoid getting them into your experiment in the first place
  2. 6. a variable whose variation does not depend on that of another.
  3. 7. It is to try proof something
  4. 8. When you do different things to the same thing
Down
  1. 1. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
  2. 2. needs help from another variable
  3. 3. The thing that does not change
  4. 5. The control group is defined as the group in an experiment or study that does not receive treatment by the researchers and is then used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.