# Week 1 Vocabulary - Aidan Sharpe

## Independent Variable
The independent variable in an experiment is variable being manipulated by the experimenter.

## Dependent Variable
The dependent variable in an experiment is the variable being measured by the experimenter.

## Standardized Variable
Standardized variables in an experiment are the variables that are held constant.

## Control Group
The baseline (default case) for the independent variable.

## Experimental Group
The set of all tests where the independent variable is changed.

## Hypothesis
An educated prediction about how changing the independent variable will affect the dependent variable.

## Qualitative
Measurements or observations that are strictly descriptive or categorical in nature and do not include numerical information.  

## Quantitative
Measurements or observations that include numerical information.

## Inference
Using trends to make predictions.

## Observation
Any measurement qualitative or quantitative in nature.