PPT-1.3 The Scientific Method and Experimental Design

Mr Staeger as a young scientist Key Concepts and Vocabulary Key Concepts How do we learn new things in science What are the steps of the scientific method What are the variables in an experiment. What is research?. We ask questions all the time. Research is a formal way of going about asking questions. Ways of acquiring knowledge. Uses methodologies. Many different kinds (e.g. market research, media research and social research). Presentation. . by . Jim Foley. Thinking Critically With Psychological Science. © 2013 Worth Publishers . Module 2: Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions . Topics To Study. Question:. All scientific investigations begin with:. Forming a hypothesis. Conducting an experiment. Asking a question or observing a problem. Forming a conclusion. Answer: . c) Asking a question or observing a problem. The purpose of this PowerPoint is to present strategies to aid students at the high school and introductory college levels to:. Design experiments. Write procedures. Construct tables and graphs. Generate ideas. Your best pathway to understanding the world. Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College. . Learning Goals. Describe what science is.. Describe the scientific method.. Describe key aspects of well-designed experiments.. Tyler Bassett and Tomomi Suwa. 12.07.2011. Designing A Scientific Study. Thoughts on Experimental Design. Two types of studies. 1) Observational . . 2) Experimental. Observational Study. -Observe subjects and measure variables of interest . Graphs. We will use various graphs when we analyze and conduct experiments in class. You will also use graphs as a . visual way to show data. When you take Biology, you will be expected to know what each part of a graph means and how to answer specific questions using data from a graph. Hariri. Introduction. Good experimental design allows you to:. Isolate effects of each input variable. Determine effects due to interactions of input variables. Determine magnitude of experimental error. So, the basic experimental procedure in social science is:. Gathering of a subject pool and then . random assignment to conditions. Note: the . sample is not random. , but once you have a subject pool you flip a coin, etc. to determine which subjects receive which . So, the basic experimental procedure in social science is:. Gathering of a subject pool and then . random assignment to conditions. Note: the . sample is not random. , but once you have a subject pool you flip a coin, etc. to determine which subjects receive which . What is the scientific method?. The Scientific Method involves a series of steps that are used to investigate a natural occurrence. . We will study the steps of the scientific method and eventually design our own experiments.. Main Idea:. . The goals and processes used in scientific inquiry are the same for all branches of science. Goals and Processes of Science. The . goal. of science is to . understand and explain events in nature. experiments . lead men to the moon and microsurgery. . - Seth . Mnookin. The First Vaccination. Up through the 20. th. century, one of the most serious diseases of mankind was smallpox.. What is Biology. ?. What is Biology. ?. Scientific study of Life. Filled with QUESTIONS. Good Questions. Questions that can be . investigated. What is Life?. What is Life?. 7 Properties of . Life. What is Life?.