Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files==== What Is An Experiment? ==== (notes in progress) An experiment can be seen as a structured method for collecting evidence to test a hypothesis. The process of designing a good experiment involves reducing unknowns and establishing a clear relationship between the hypotheis and any expected results. is there a causal relationship that can be established between the intitial conditions and the result? does the collected data actually support (or refute) the hypothesis? is there enough data to draw a conclusion? are there other factors effecting the outcome? ref. labcraft pp89~96 on unstructured tinkering and statistical validity... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-experiment * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_experiment * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_experiments * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_development_and_experimentation * http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/designing-experiments-using-the-scientific-method.html demonstration vs. experiment * A demonstration is a way to explain a principle by an example. it provides evidence of the the principle under investigation. * An experiment is a test performed to discover an unknown or to validate (or refute) a theoretical principle. how can we frame a feasabulity study, or pilot project as an experiment? how does it help? replicability [...] Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International marine_colab/what_is_an_experiment.1431077872.txt.gz Last modified: 2015-05-08 09:37by nik