Data
Analysis and Research Methods
Course Description and Syllabus
Ways of Knowing (What
is an Experiment) #8 - Part 2, Activity 1
Key Purposes:
- experiment. This list includes
control, randomization and replication.
- Students can state the major difference between an
experiment and an observational study. An experiment
involves an intervention or treatment; an
observational study does not have an intervention.
Observational studies often stimulate questions that
lead to experiments.
- Students can analyze an article describing a study,
stating which characteristics of a well-designed
experiment are present in the study.
- Students can pose the question to be addressed in an
experiment and state the appropriate hypotheses.
 
To see a Quick Time Movie of the Ways of Knowing
Activity, Click the above image. File size may
be large, please allow enough time for the
download.
Description:
Ways of knowing (What is an
Experiment?). This lesson uses another video from
"Decisions through Data." The difference between
experiments and observational studies is discussed. Many
current newspaper and magazine articles furnish examples
of experiments and observational studies.
Alignment with
Michigan Curriculum Framework:
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Mathematics
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Strand
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Standard
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Benchmark High School
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Patterns,
Relationships and Functions
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2
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2
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III
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Data Analysis and
Statistics
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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VI
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Probability and
Discrete Mathematics
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Science
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Strand
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Benchmark High School
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Construct New
Scientific and Personal Knowledge
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1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9
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II
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Reflect on the
Nature, Adequacy and Connections Across Scientific
Knowledge
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1, 2, 3
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English Language
Arts
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Strand
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Standard
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Benchmark High School
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Meaning and
Communication
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1, 2, 3
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Skills and Process
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1, 2, 3
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