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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Community_College_of_Vermont/Human_Biology_(Gabor_Gyurkovics)/01%3A_Introduction_to_Human_Biology_and_the_Scientific_Method/1.08%3A_Scientific_InvestigationsScience is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common t...Science is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common to all of science. At the heart of science is the scientific investigation. A scientific investigation is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers in order to advance scientific knowledge.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Principles_of_Biology/01%3A_Chapter_1/01%3A_The_Process_of_Science/1.03%3A_Presenting_Data_-_Graphs_and_TablesIn most data tables, the independent variable (the variable that you are testing or changing on purpose) will be in the column to the left and the dependent variable(s) will be across the top of the t...In most data tables, the independent variable (the variable that you are testing or changing on purpose) will be in the column to the left and the dependent variable(s) will be across the top of the table. You could not use a scatter plot to look at the relationship between number of children in a family and weight of each child because the number of children in a family is not a continuous variable: you can’t have 2.3 children in a family.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/01%3A_Introduction_to_Ecology/1.05%3A_An_Overview_of_Essential_Mathematics_Used_in_Science/1.5.01%3A_Essential_mathematical_and_statistical_terms_and_conceptsInferential statistics – The point of inferential statistics is to take data from the sample to make inferences about the population. It is important to note that statistics can only be helpful if the...Inferential statistics – The point of inferential statistics is to take data from the sample to make inferences about the population. It is important to note that statistics can only be helpful if the data from the sample is representative of the population and the interpretation of the data is unbiased! Quantitative (numerical) data – Data expressed not by means of a natural language description, but rather in terms of numbers.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Human_Biology/Human_Biology_(Wakim_and_Grewal)/01%3A_The_Nature_and_Process_of_Science/1.5%3A_Scientific_InvestigationsScience is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common t...Science is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common to all of science. At the heart of science is the scientific investigation. A scientific investigation is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers in order to advance scientific knowledge.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Minnesota_State_Community_and_Technical_College/Biology_of_Human_Concerns_(Daniels)/01%3A_The_Nature_and_Process_of_Science/1.05%3A_Scientific_InvestigationsScience is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common t...Science is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common to all of science. At the heart of science is the scientific investigation. A scientific investigation is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers in order to advance scientific knowledge.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/Principles_of_the_Human_Body/1%3A_The_Nature_and_Process_of_Science/1.6%3A_Scientific_InvestigationsScience is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common t...Science is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common to all of science. At the heart of science is the scientific investigation. A scientific investigation is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers in order to advance scientific knowledge.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Butte_College/BC%3A_BIOL_2_-_Introduction_to_Human_Biology_(Grewal)/Text/01%3A_The_Nature_and_Process_of_Science/1.5%3A_Scientific_InvestigationsIf you were walking in the woods and saw this stream, you probably would wonder what made the water turn orange.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Skyline_College/BIOL_130%3A_Human_Biology/01%3A_Introduction_to_Human_Biology/1.05%3A_Scientific_InvestigationsScience is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common t...Science is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common to all of science. At the heart of science is the scientific investigation. A scientific investigation is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers in order to advance scientific knowledge.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Canada_College/Human_Biology_Biol_011_Textbook/01%3A_The_Nature_and_Process_of_Science/1.05%3A_Scientific_InvestigationsScience is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common t...Science is more about doing than knowing. Scientists are always trying to learn more and gain a better understanding of the natural world. There are basic methods of gaining knowledge that is common to all of science. At the heart of science is the scientific investigation. A scientific investigation is a plan for asking questions and testing possible answers in order to advance scientific knowledge.
