Tools of Environmental Science Vocab

a verbal or graphical explanatoin for how a system works or is organized

the group that does not receive the experimental treatment

the collection of classification of data that are in the form of numbers

the number obtained by adding up the data for a given characteristic and dividing this sum by the number of individuals

representations of objects or systems

the group of individuals or events selected to represent the population

a testable explanation for an observation

reliable associations between two or more events

the group that receives the experimental treatment

the factor of interest example would be the level of phosphate in the water

a logical statement about what will happen if the hypothesis is correct

the chance that something will happen

the relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population

a conceptual model that provides a systematic process for making decisions

a procedure designed to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions

a piece of information we gather using our senses-our sight, hearing, smell, and touch

one or more equations that represents the way a system or process works

principles or standards we consider important

the information that a scientist gathers during an experiment

the probability of an unwanted outcome