Review an experimental design to determine possible sources of bias or error, state alternative explanations, and identify questions for further investigation 0607.Inq.4

Links verified 8/1/2014

1. Data Analysis and Interpretation - Did you know that scientists don't always agree on what data mean? Different scientists can look at the same set of data and come up with different explanations for it, and disagreement among scientists doesn't point to bad science.
2. How Science works: Errors - Explains random and zero errors, parallax, and anomalous results.
3. How Science works: Reliable evidence and Valid evidence - Explains the meaning of 'data' and 'evidence', 'reliability' and 'validity', 'secondary' evidence, with examples for you to discuss.

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