JMU Bio 150 Lab Final Exam questions
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main parts of the flow chart - ANS exploration
testing ideas
community analysis and feedback
benefits and outcomes
community analysis and feedback examples - ANS replication, publication, discussing with
colleagues, theory building
testing ideas examples - ANS gather and interpret data
benefits and outcomes examples - ANS develop technology, inform policy, and build
knowledge
exploration and discovery examples - ANS explore the literature, ask questions, make
observations, share data and ideas, find inspiration
what is the entryway into the process of science? - ANS exploration and discovery
what part of the flow chart did we do on the first day of class? - ANS exploration and
discovery
scholarly literature - ANS disseminate information, peer-reviewed, reliable but not always
accessible
non scholarly literature - ANS want to make money, not as reliable, not peer reviews, more
accessible
primary literature (def) - ANS original research from original people, usually peer reviewed,
best for citing, has a methods section
primary literature (example) - ANS journal articles
secondary literature (def) - ANS second hand summary, sometimes peer reviewed, lacks
method section, ok for citing
secondary literature (example) - ANS scientific books
, tertiary literature (def) - ANS 'third hand' general background information, not written by
experts and rarely peer reviewed, should be avoided
tertiary literature (example) - ANS encyclopedia and textbooks
where and how to find scientific papers - ANS SCOPUS in the JMU library
advantages of SCOPUS - ANS free access to scholarly articles, content is curated for
accuracy and authority, information is stable, specialized subject specific databases for the topic
in scopus what does 'and' do? - ANS narrows the search
in scopus what does 'or' do? - ANS broadens the search
what does CRAAP stand for - ANS currency
relevance
accuracy
authority
purpose
currency in CRAAP - ANS how up to date is something
relevance in CRAAP - ANS is it relevant to the research
authority in CRAAP - ANS author credentials
accuracy in CRAAP - ANS is information cited
purpose in CRAAP - ANS are they trying to sell something
scientific testable questions - ANS addressed the issues/ questions using data
non scientific testable questions - ANS addresses issues/ questions using values, beliefs or
judgements
independent variable - ANS variation does not depend on another variable
dependent variable - ANS does depend on variation of independent variable
control - ANS designed to show change
descriptive study - ANS scientist is not testing a hypothesis; they are simply making
observations
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