8 - Summative Task: Comprehensive Research Project
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Practice Questions
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What is a hypothesis?
💡 Hint: Think about what you believe will happen in your experiment.
Define a control group.
💡 Hint: Consider what you need to compare your results against.
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What is the purpose of a control group?
💡 Hint: Consider what you would measure without treatment.
True or False: Ethical considerations are not important in scientific research.
💡 Hint: Think about the responsibilities scientists have to their subjects.
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Design a complete experimental research plan to examine the effect of two types of sugar solutions on osmosis in dialysis tubing, including ethics and potential challenges.
💡 Hint: Consider what you are measuring and how to ethically conduct your study.
Analyze data collected from an osmosis experiment. If the control group showed an average mass change of 0.2g and treatment groups showed 0.5g for sucrose and 0.3g for glucose, interpret these results using mixed-model regression. What do you conclude?
💡 Hint: Ensure you relate values back to control for proper context.
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