Key Terms in Scientific Thinking

anecdotal observation,

biological literacy,

biology,

blind experimental design,

control group,

critical experiment,

dependent variable,

double-blind experimental design,

empirical,

experimental group,

hypothesis (pl. hypotheses),

independent variable,

null hypothesis,

placebo,

placebo effect,

positive correlation,

pseudoscience,

randomized,

science,

scientific literacy,

scientific method,

statistics,

superstition,

theory,

treatment,

variable,