Scientific Methods Notes Question or State the problem Develop a hypothesis Conduct the Experiment Collect and Analyze data Arrive at a Conclusion

is written in a cause-effect format is an educated guess is written in a cause-effect format (this makes it easy for us to identify the two variables) is the variable that the researcher or scientist can change is the cause is the variable that can only be change by the independent variable. researchers or scientists can measure or observe the outcome is the effect

Identify the IV and the DV

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Dependent Y X Y X Independent

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