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ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. What do the statistics in Figure 1 suggest?
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. Which of the following is a variable in Figure 1, but not in Figure 2?
ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 1, Problem 3. What is the strong correlation between weight and a player's salary?
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ACT Science: Data Representation Passage Drill 2, Problem 3. Why do you think that the first experiment was performed twice?
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- 00:03
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- 00:08
Brought to you by deja vu.
- 00:25
Why do you think that the first experiment was performed twice?
- 00:28
And here are the potential answers:
- 00:32
Let's think about it. Why would a scientist ever want to perform an experiment twice?
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- 00:38
Don't they want to get home to their wife and kids, and golf game? Well maybe not.
- 00:44
Could be, because he's board, but it's most likely to
- 00:47
show that our results from the first time weren't just LUCKY results,
- 00:50
and that they're accurate and reproducible. And that the scientific experiment was worth doing.
- 00:55
Repeating experiments is an important part of the scientific method. Can't repeat them forever though,
- 01:00
otherwise, other scientists might start making snide comments behind our back..
- 01:05
The correct answer is (B).
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