Re: What is an experiment ?

2002-02-23 Thread Jay Tanzman
Art Kendall wrote: [snip good points] in your quasi-experiment you can possibly contrast different levels of specific pollutants, as well as kinds of pollutants, in different rivers at different times. I'm not a biologist, but I would be amazed if temperature did not affect population

Re: What is an experiment ?

2002-02-22 Thread SSCHEINE
Let me take a (somewhat) contrarian position to those previously expressed. An experiment is any test of a hypothesis. An experiment can involve the use of observational (unmanipulated) data, as long as the hypothesis is clearly stated prior to the collection of the data. While it is true that an

Re: What is an experiment ?

2002-02-22 Thread Jay Tanzman
SSCHEINE wrote: Let me take a (somewhat) contrarian position to those previously expressed. An experiment is any test of a hypothesis. An experiment can involve the use of observational (unmanipulated) data, as long as the hypothesis is clearly stated prior to the collection of the data.

Re: What is an experiment ?

2002-02-20 Thread Dennis Roberts
At 03:59 PM 2/20/02 -0300, Voltolini wrote: Hi, I was reading a definition of experiment in science to be used in a lecture and the use of treatments and controls are an important feature of an experiment but my doubt is... is it possible to plan an experiment without a control and call

Re: What is an experiment ?

2002-02-20 Thread Jay Tanzman
Voltolini wrote: Hi, I was reading a definition of experiment in science to be used in a lecture and the use of treatments and controls are an important feature of an experiment but my doubt is... is it possible to plan an experiment without a control and call this as an

Re: What is an experiment ?

2002-02-20 Thread Jay Tanzman
Voltolini wrote: Hi, I was reading a definition of experiment in science to be used in a lecture and the use of treatments and controls are an important feature of an experiment but my doubt is... is it possible to plan an experiment without a control and call this as an