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| informed consent | a writen document informing a person of the risks involved with something. The person gives consent to be a part of a clinicla trial knowing the risks. |
| placebo effect | The improvement of health within a person receiving the placebo due to regular and often better medical care, and a positive attitutude towards his/her health. |
| experimental variable | variable being tested |
| controlled variables | variables that are kept the same |
| nervous system | consists of the brain, nerves, and spinal cord |
| nerves | take in information from the world |
| touch receptors | nerve endings that detect pressure on skin and help carry messages to the brain |
| reproducible | an experiment that can be done over and over again in exactly the same way each time |
| data | information collected to answer a question |
| qualitative | observations that describe the qualities/properties/characteristics of something |
| quantitative | observations that describe the amount of something |
| range | set of values used to make generalizations (inferences) about a larger group |
