if this medicine cures the disease. All of these cases relate to decision making. We cannot reach a conclusion in these examples unless we have access to data. Data can be obtained from observational studies‚ experiments‚ or surveys. This article is devoted mainly to controlled experiments. However‚ it also explains observational studies and how they differ from surveys. Suppose two diets‚ Diet 1 and Diet 2‚ are being promoted by two different companies and each of these companies claims that
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3. Why don’t the terms depolarization and action potential mean the same thing? The terms depolarization and action potential differ because are excitable cells that communicate by transmitting electrical impulses that are capable of producing rapid electrical signals and depolarization in the interior surface of the membrane which becomes less negative and the exterior surface becomes less positive. Additionally‚ when depolarization reaches a certain threshold‚ an action potential is initiated
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Experiment 9 Thin Layer Chromatography Experiment: 9 Title: Thin Layer Chromatography Introduction: Chemical analysis is conducted on specific analytes (specific substance of interest in a mixture)‚ however it is often found that these analytes must be separated for the chemical analysis to conduct their analysis. Chromatography is a set up of laboratory a technique that is used to separate a chemical mixture. This technique is very useful as it allows us to follow the course of
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The ‘Experiment’ by Dr Haskell portrays the unusual experiment that he conducted to compare his bare body and a Chickadees body in harsh freezing conditions. He decided to investigate it further because there was no logical explanation for a tiny bird to be able to survive in such conditions. He related his astonishment to the Bergmann’s rule‚ which states that larger animals will be found in colder climates and smaller animals will be found in warmer climates. Haskell found that the Chickadees
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Length of Balloon (0.1cm) Trial: Time: Seconds (0.1cm) 30 1 2.0 30 2 2.1 30 3 1.9 30 4 2.2 30 5 1.8 mean: 2.0 Displacement (meters and centimeters) (1) Work (0.1) Power (0.1) 11 m‚ 18 cm 559 279.5 11 m‚ 32 cm 566 269.5 10 m‚ 33 cm 516.5 271.8 11 m‚ 32 cm 566 257.3 10 m‚ 32 cm 516 286.7 10 m‚ 89.4 cm 544.7 273.0 Veloctiy (m/s) Displacement/Time Acceleration (m/s/s) Velocity/Time Trial 1 11.18/2.0 = 5.59 5.59/2.0 = 2.80 Trial 2 11.32/2.1 = 5.39 5.39/2.1 = 2.57 Trial 3 10.33/1.9 = 5.43 5.43/1
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Abstract An experiment is conducted to prepare soap and thus‚ to compare the properties of the prepared soap and synthetic detergents which are precipitation‚ emulsification and cleaning abilities. It can be concluded that soap has the properties if emulsifying oil whereas detergent has not. The abilities of forming precipitates can be seen clearly in soap solution whereas detergent forms no precipitates at all. The experiment is completed and successfully conducted. Introduction
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Isolation & Identification of the Major Constituent of Clove Oil with Steam Distillation The purpose of this laboratory experiment was to isolate and characterize clove oil in order to understand how to isolate organic compounds with high boiling points‚ how to perform and interpret qualitative tests for organic compound functionality‚ and to continue to learn how to perform and interpret IR spectrometry. Steam distillation was used in order to prevent the organic compound from decomposing at
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Photosynthesis Experiment Introduction Photosynthesis is a process used by plants‚ making inorganic molecules into organic molecules (food) using sunlight. Carbon dioxide + Water (mainly from rain) Glucose + Oxygen From this process‚ carbon dioxide comes from environment. Glucose‚ as a product is used to make energy for growth. Lastly‚ the oxygen is a waste product in this chemical reaction‚ which become part of the Earth’s atmosphere. At this experiment‚ carbon dioxide and water
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The purpose of this experiment was to test the tonicity of potato cells. The potato cells were placed in different test tubes with water and were left there for 15 minutes. The percent change in mass is then used to determine if the cells lost or gained water‚ therefore determining the tonicity of the cell. Although it was a brief short time‚ the final results showed that the more water the potatoes were placed in‚ the more hypotonic the potato becomes. Tonicity is stated to be the state of a solution
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Seth Dennison and Jenna Snyder John Bryan Psychology of Gender 104 10/31/2012 Psychological Gender Experiment For our psychological gender experiment we chose to focus on the topic of memory differences between genders. At first we wanted to figure out if one gender had a better memory than the other‚ but then we also wanted to observe whether or not their memory showed better results when the objects were related to their gender. Therefore‚ the hypothesis we constructed was: If
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