Scientific Method

2. a study that focuses on describing qualities of a relationship between variables
3. two events tend to occur together most of the time
5. a principle to explain some event in the world
7. research that occurs at one point in time
11. not an accident; a relationship that probably does not occur by chance
13. subject understands your experiment and agrees to participate
14. group the subjects that do not get the treatment
15. variables that are set by the researcher so they do not influence the outcome of the experiment
17. the variable you think causes something else
20. a characteristic, object, event, idea, or some other type of category you are trying to observe
21. the action of the subject after he experiences a stimulus

1. what you expect to happen in your study
2. a study that focuses on measuring quantities to show a relationship between variables
4. the objects or events that you present to the subjects
6. research that occurs over a period of time
7. one event causes another event
8. group the subjects who get the treatment
9. tells the subjects what to do in the experiment
10. the special way you treat the experimental group
12. people who participate in a research study
16. the variable that you think depends on the independent variable -- it was caused by the independent variable
18. trials the opportunity for the subject to try out the task
19. a scientific test of a hypothesis, controlled by the researcher