investigation skills assessment
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AQA, ISA Investigation skills assessment definitions.TRANSCRIPT
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Investigation skills assessment (ISA)terms
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This is the variable that we change (or choose) in our investigation. We plot it on the x-axis of a graph.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
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Ordered variable Fair test
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This is the variable could affect our result but does not because we have kept it the same in all our experiments.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
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Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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This is the variable that we measure each time we change the independent variable. It is the result of our experiment. We plot it on the y-axis of a graph.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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This is the variable that is one best described by a label (usually a word). Example- eye colour is blue or brown.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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These variables can only have whole numbers. Example - The number of leaves on a plant.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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A variable which can be measured and can have any numerical value. Example temperature 37.6°C and 45.2°C
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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These variables can be ranked (put into order) e.g. large, medium or small.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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The word that indicates your results and the repeats are very close together.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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The word for a marking or scale on a measuring instrument
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Word for data which has been checked so it can be judged whether reliable or not.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Word for your measurements; the results of your experiments
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Error which affects all of your results. You cannot compensate for them by taking an average of lots of readings. Your results will be inaccurate and will not be the same as the true value.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Word for a measurement is one in which the mean (average) of repeated readings is close to what we know is the true value.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Your results can be described by this word if you are measuring the actual thing you want to measure AND your results are accurate.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Errors which causes your readings to be spread about the true value. We can compensate for these errors by taking a large number of readings and find the mean (average) of them.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Your results can be described using this word because other people get the same results as you.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Describes a series of experiments in which all the variables have been controlled except the variable that is being tested.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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Error caused by measuring instruments that have a false zero. It may affect all your results. It makes your results inaccurate.
Continuous variable
Systematic error
Categoric variable
Reliable
Independent variable
Evidence
Valid
Control variable
Discrete variable
Calibration
Zero error
Dependent variable
Random error
Accurate
Ordered variable Fair test
Precise Data
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