1) What is the difference between a survey / study and an experiment?  2)Why is it important to control or eliminate bias? 3)Define each of the following: explanatory variable response variable placebo treatment group control group

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1) What is the difference between a survey / study and an experiment? 

2)Why is it important to control or eliminate bias?

3)Define each of the following: explanatory variable response variable placebo treatment group control group 

4)What is the difference between a population and a sample? 

5) List the types of graphs that are appropriate to use with categorical or quantitative data: 

Categorical: 

Quantitative: 

6)Determine whether the question below would be answered by conducting a study or an experiment, then describe an appropriate method of data collections based on your answer. (This is not an easy question, so be creative with your methods of discovery!) 

 

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