Notes+1

=__**Notes 1 8/22/2008**__=

B. Setting up an experiment

 * 1) ===== Divide you subjects (plants, people, ect) into two groups    =====
 * 2) ===== Make sure the groups are identical in all respects except for the one variable you are interested in testing. This one variable is called the __independent variable__. =====
 * 3) ===== Measure how your subjects respond to the experiment. The response variable called the __dependent variable.__ =====
 * 4) ===== If, at the end of the experiment, you see a difference in the dependent variable between the two groups, it must have been caused by the independent variable. =====

III. Data Analysis and concluding

 * 1) ===== During an experiment, data should be organized into a table. =====