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Dependent Variable
Responds
Y-axis
Manipulate
Independent Variable
X-axis
Interpreting the Results
0.5
Plant 0.4
Height
(meters) 0.3
[dependent
variable] 0.2
0.1
0 5 10 15
Amount of Fertilizer (grams)
[independent variable]
Was the hypothesis correct? (The more fertilizer, the taller the plant.)
No… there is an optimal amount of fertilizer.
Types of Data
Quantitative: numerical data
Ex. counts, measurements