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[Wongtong]

When applying the process of science, which of these is tested?
a) A question
b) A result
c) A prediction
d) An hypothesis

The anwer: C, prediction.


Why not hypothesis?? What's the difference??? 0_0

From the good ol' wiki:

Scientific researchers propose hypotheses as explanations of phenomena, and design experimental studies to test these hypotheses via predictions which can be derived from them.

So the experiments (applying science) are really just testing predictions that you have made to support whatever hypothesis you have come up with. (I think!)

 

[informedconsent]

I also got the same.. interesting.. would like to see what the wrong one was!

I would bet money that it was the freeze fracture option.. that got me last year.

 

[Voldemort]

So the experiments (applying science) are really just testing predictions that you have made to support whatever hypothesis you have come up with. (I think!)

Correct. Hypotheses are more general about the concepts being researched while a prediction is what you think will happen in the experiment based on the hypothesis.
How about you guys come up with an example of a hypothesis and a prediction? You'll see it from there

 

[Steve]

I would bet money that it was the freeze fracture option.. that got me last year.

Yep it was, a friend picked that option and got 5.00

 

[Nimbus2000]

congrats guys!

i was happy-ish, now i feel dumb lol 4.40.

 

[informedconsent]

i was happy-ish, now i feel dumb lol 4.40.

It's still a great score! I got under 4 last year (by quite a bit I might add ) and I decided it was 'ok'.

I may as well wish everyone good luck with their CELS test tomorrow! I'm sure you'll all do fine.

 

[Bluerock]

Got 4.64... did it then helped everyone on my floor out. After a second review I could see some pretty obvious mistakes. Ah well.

 

[Nimbus2000]

Got 4.64... did it then helped everyone on my floor out. After a second review I could see some pretty obvious mistakes. Ah well.

well done! lol, hopefully for the next GLM, someone else will repay you the favour!

 

[Caesar]

I got a 4.88, thus I'm still telling my mum I'm a straight A+ student XD
Same boat as [MENTION=11852]Shaunasaur[/MENTION]

My theory is this - I got one third of a question wrong, and it was the "let's learn more about these organelles by having fun with TEMs" question. If the correct answers were use freeze fracture, blah blah, and blah, and I put down an extra one that was incorrect, they would have deducted that from the question's grade proportionally, i,e. I put down the 3 correct answers, and an extra incorrect one, and they deducted a third of the mark. Maths works out as 4.88/5 with that hypothesis.

 

[Sam]

How did everyone find the terms test? It was pretty easy, I think I made a few small mistakes but overall pretty well xD Now we wait heh

 

[Caesar]

ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgod.

I was taught how little I know about plants.

And I confused gylcoproteins and proteoglycans.

Brb anhero, but not really.

 

[Sam]

ohgodohgodohgodohgodohgodohgod.

I was taught how little I know about plants.

And I confused gylcoproteins and proteoglycans.

Brb anhero, but not really.

Dude, I fking said that mitochondria were just really small in prokaryotes lol! Oh well, everything else went well xD

 

[frootloop]

You guys will be fine, last year someone on this forum put their some of their answers for the CELS terms test in the wrong spaces, and they're in med now, right [MENTION=4444]Pineapple[/MENTION]?

 

[Sam]

You guys will be fine, last year someone on this forum put their some of their answers for the CELS terms test in the wrong spaces, and they're in med now, right @Pineapple ?

LOL, love it. Now to completely remove all of this damn useless information from my head. *GONE*!

 

[Voldemort]

Time to celebrate! None of that crap will be assessed again! Ever!!!
Now you just need to enjoy easter, get drunk on chocolate and have fun studying Chemistry and Physics! (seriously, I had fun studying for these...)

 

[Caesar]

Dude, I fking said that mitochondria were just really small in prokaryotes lol! Oh well, everything else went well xD

Ah. Well that makes me feel better lol!

Are people going out tonight or studying hard?

 

[Sam]

Ah. Well that makes me feel better lol!

Are people going out tonight or studying hard?

Dude, I'm sleeping at like 1030. Was up so late last night because dicks outside were being so loud aha. Then back to hardcore studying chem/physics until the terms tests

 

[frootloop]

Ah. Well that makes me feel better lol!

Are people going out tonight or studying hard?

Please go out, you guys don't have any more tests till after Easter, right?

 

[Sam]

Please go out, you guys don't have any more tests till after Easter, right?

Yep, 1 more week of class then a 10 day break or something. Tests when we get back.

 

[Bluerock]

Genuinely think it wasn't too bad. It definitely could have gone better, but it wasn't horrible. The scale question threw me off a bit, as well as some others. Glad it's not going to be tested on again though!