Procedure A farmer has noticed that his soybean plants produce more beans in some years than others. He claims to always
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:21 pm
Procedure
A farmer has noticed that his soybean plants produce more beansin some years than others. He claims to always apply the sameamount of fertilizer to the plants but he suspects the differencein crop yield may have something to do with the amount of water thecrops receive. The farmer has observed that the soybeans on hisfarm usually receive between 0 to 0.5 inches of water per day, buthe is unsure of the optimal amount of water with which toirrigate.
A pharmaceutical company has developed a new weight loss drugfor women. Preliminary tests show that the drug seems to be fairlyeffective in about 75 percent of test subjects. The drug companythinks that the drug might be most effective in overweight women,but they are unsure to whom they should market the product.
Exercise 1 - Questions
Question 1
List the steps of the scientific method.
Question 2
When you make important decisions in your life, do youuse any of the steps in scientific method? Compare a person'stypical decision-making process to the scientific method. Which ofthe steps in scientific method do we typically use and which do weomit?
Question 3
Make a scientific observation about the world around youand construct a question to address the observation. State atestable hypothesis that focuses your question.
A farmer has noticed that his soybean plants produce more beansin some years than others. He claims to always apply the sameamount of fertilizer to the plants but he suspects the differencein crop yield may have something to do with the amount of water thecrops receive. The farmer has observed that the soybeans on hisfarm usually receive between 0 to 0.5 inches of water per day, buthe is unsure of the optimal amount of water with which toirrigate.
A pharmaceutical company has developed a new weight loss drugfor women. Preliminary tests show that the drug seems to be fairlyeffective in about 75 percent of test subjects. The drug companythinks that the drug might be most effective in overweight women,but they are unsure to whom they should market the product.
Exercise 1 - Questions
Question 1
List the steps of the scientific method.
Question 2
When you make important decisions in your life, do youuse any of the steps in scientific method? Compare a person'stypical decision-making process to the scientific method. Which ofthe steps in scientific method do we typically use and which do weomit?
Question 3
Make a scientific observation about the world around youand construct a question to address the observation. State atestable hypothesis that focuses your question.