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Unit 3 - Topic 1 - Scientific Principles and process - Section A - Scientific Method
Describe the scientific cycle,
In science refinement of ideas is...,
What is an null hypothesis
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Unit 3 - Topic 1 - Scientific Principles and process - Section B - Scientific literature and communication
Why is it important to publicatio...,
What are common methods of sharin...,
What is a peer review
5
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Unit 3 - Topic 1 - Scientific Principles and process - Section C - Scientific ethics
How can integrity and honesty be ...,
Why is maintaining honesty and in...,
In animal studies how can we avoi...
8
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section A - Pilot Study
What is validity,
What is reliability,
What is accuracy
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section B - Experimental Design - Part I - Independent and dependent variables
What is an independent variable,
What is a dependent variable,
What can independent and dependen...
10
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section B - Experimental Design - Part II - Confounding Variables
What is a confounding variable,
What must happen to confounding v...,
When could a randomised block des...
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section B - Experimental Design - Part III - Controls
What are control results used for,
What is a negative control,
What is a positive control
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section B - Experimental Design - Part IV - In vivo and in vitro studies
What does in vitro refer to,
Examples of in vitro experiements,
What does in vivo refer to
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section C - Sampling
When is a representative sample used,
What determines the appropriate s...,
What do more variable populations...
7
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section D - Reliability
What can variation in an experime...,
What is reliability,
How can the reliability of measur...
11
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Unit 3 - Topic 2 - Experimentation - Section E - Presentation of Data
What do discrete and continuous v...,
What is qualitative data,
How can quantitative data be meas...
9
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Unit 3 - Topic 3 - Reporting and critical evaluation of biological research - Section A - Background Information
What should scientific reports co...,
What should background informatio...,
What should a title do
9
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Unit 3 - Topic 3 - Reporting and critical evaluation of biological research - Section B - Reporting and evaluating experimental design
What should a method section contain,
What should the experimental desi...,
What should the validity and reli...
8
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Unit 3 - Topic 3 - Reporting and critical evaluation of biological research - Section C - Data analysis
In results how should data be pre...,
What are statistical tests used t...,
What is a statistically significa...
5
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Unit 3 - Topic 3 - Reporting and critical evaluation of biological research - Section D - Evaluating results and conclusions
What should conclusions refer to,
What should be taken into account...,
What should consideration be give...
6
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