Experimental Design

Question

What do you already know?

Independent Variable

(what you select)

Dependent Variable (what responds to what you select)

Control Variable(s) (what stays the same throughout the experiment)

Testable Hypothesis

(If IV…then DV will happen)

What will be your procedure?

Remember to include the number of trials you will include.

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

Data Table

(IV on the left, DV on the right)

Graph

(draw a line graph to show your data)

Conclusion