ACT® · Science: Scientific Investigation (6-11 items)
Determining the Hypothesis Being Tested (SIN 601)
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- How it worksHow do you read a hypothesis backwards out of what was changed and what was measured?
- How it worksWalk me through drawing a prediction line before any data arrives, then landing the results on top of it.
- Common mistakeWhy isn't the conclusion an experiment reached the same thing as the hypothesis it started from?
- Worked exampleFind the hypothesis when identical plants were grown under red, blue and green light and stem height was measured.
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Experiment 1: 25 identical plants were grown under red, blue and green light of the same intensity, 230 micromol per m2 per second, with soil, water and temperature matched across the groups. Stem height was measured after 8 weeks. Which hypothesis was being tested?End of topic.