Lab 8: Studying People

Warm Up: What is data? What is data used for?

Vocabulary:
1. Data - information about an object
2. Hypothesis - a scientific prediction based off of previous knowledge of a subject
3. Qualitative Data - properties or characteristics that are used to identify things
4. Quantitative Data - values that have been measured or counted
5. Sample Size - the amount of people that an item is tested on

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Analysis Questions:
1.You decided to take a medicine for your upset stomach. You have a choice of two medicines. Both medicines are advertised as safe based on clinical trials. Medicine A was tested on 100 people. Medicine B was tested on 10,000 people.
1.a. Which medicine would you take? Explain.
1.b. Was your decision based on qualitative or quantitative information?

2. A book is needed for this question

3.a. A book is needed for this question

3.b. A book is needed for this question

5. Both qualitative and quantitative data provide evidence for making decisions. How have you used each of these types of data to make decisions? Describe your experiences.