Example Of Controlled Assessment Paper

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Controlled Assessment 25% of your GCSE depends on it! This booklet, brought to you by the good people of the Dorothy Stringer Science Department will help. You will need to know: 1. Definitions of scientific terms 2. How to carry out an investigation 3. How to record your results in tables and graphs 4. How to draw conclusions 5. How to evaluate your investigation 1 - Definitions of scientific terms 1 Designing an investigation The independent variable is the one factor you change (e.g. the number of weights you hang on a spring). The dependent variable is what you measure each time you change the independent variable (e.g. the length the spring stretches by). 2 Examining evidence…show more content…
10g , 78°C. When your independent variable is continuous, you need to draw a line graph. A Categoric variable is one that is described in words (or categories!), e.g. species of plants, colours, metals tested, etc. When your independent variable is categoric, you need to draw a bar chart. Control variables are all the other factors which might affect your results, i.e. you need to keep them the same to make it a fair test. Evidence must be looked at carefully to make sure it is: • reproducible – would others who repeated the experiment get the same pattern of results? • valid – does the test measure what it claims to measure? e.g. weighing fireworks to work out which one has the most energy is not valid. 3 Accuracy and

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