Target a
question
Possible research question starters:
What happens to ____ when ____ is added to or subtracted from _____ ?
What do ________ know/perceive/believe about ________ ?
How well does ___ work when trying to ___________ ?
How did _______ change over _________ amount of time?
What are the parts of ___________ ?
How does _________ change when ___________ ?
What are the differences between ____ & __________ when _______ happens?
Write your own question here.
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Establish a plan for conducting the experiment
What kind of data is needed to answer the question?
Repeatedly measure something? With what?
Count the number of times something happens? When should the counting occur? How often?
Make a list of observations and then categorize them later?
Survey to get opinions? Test to evaluate knowledge about something?
Establish a step-by-step plan for collecting data
Step 1 Get permission from participants or subjects in your study.Step 2 Decide exactly how data will be collected and where/how it will be stored.
Step 3 Decide who.....does what......when.......
Step 4 Gather needed materials and supplies.
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Systematically collect data
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Tabulate
Note the calculations that will be needed to be performed to make sense of your data.
Sum numbers in each category?Subtract numbers from different category to determine differences?
Compute means or percentages?
Other calculations?
How will the data be visually displayed?
Tables that display numerical differences?Graphs that show changes over time?
Bar graphs that show differences in quantities?
Webs that show whole parts?
Vens that show comparisons of characteristics?
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Summarize and interpret results
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