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    A pharmaceutical company tested a new drug for treating colds on 50 volunteers who had colds. 25 volunteers received the new drug and 25 received a placebo sugar pill. The effectiveness of the drug was measured by the number of tissues each person used in a 24 hour period over 7 days. It was found that those who received the sugar pill used the same amount of tissues as those who received the new drug. The company decided to produce the drug anyway thinking people would buy it to relieve cold symptoms, even though the study found it was no more effective than a placebo.

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    A pharmaceutical company tested a new drug for treating colds on 50 volunteers who had colds. 25 volunteers received the new drug and 25 received a placebo sugar pill. The effectiveness of the drug was measured by the number of tissues each person used in a 24 hour period over 7 days. It was found that those who received the sugar pill used the same amount of tissues as those who received the new drug. The company decided to produce the drug anyway thinking people would buy it to relieve cold symptoms, even though the study found it was no more effective than a placebo.

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    A pharmaceutical company tested a new drug for treating colds on 50 volunteers who had colds. 25 volunteers received the new drug and 25 received a placebo sugar pill. The effectiveness of the drug was measured by the number of tissues each person used in a 24 hour period over 7 days. It was found that those who received the sugar pill used the same amount of tissues as those who received the new drug. The company decided to produce the drug anyway thinking people would buy it to relieve cold symptoms, even though the study found it was no more effective than a placebo.

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    Scientific Method Practice Worksheet Name:_____KEY________

    Period: __________

    Read the following paragraph and indentify the parts of the scientific method:

    A pharmaceutical company wanted to test a new drug developed to lessen the effects of
    the common cold. To test this drug, scientists tested fifty volunteers, each of whom
    was suffering the effects of a cold. Twenty five of the people were given the drug,
    while the other twenty five were given a placebo, a sugar pill. None of the participants
    knew who was taking which pill. All participants received a pill at 8:00 a.m. daily for the
    first three days of the study. All participants lived in the same environment, with the
    same climate, eating the same diet, and having the same level of activity. The severity
    of the cold, hence the effectiveness of the pill, was determined by the number of
    tissues each person used within a twenty four hour period. At the end of a seven day
    period it was concluded that those with the sugar pill used the same amount of tissues
    as those who had taken the new wonder drug. The executive committee decided to
    produce the drug anyway thinking that the public would do anything to relieve the
    symptoms of a cold.

    1. State the Problem: Does the new drug lessen the effects of the common cold?

    2. Hypothesis: If the participant takes the new drug, then they will use less tissues.

    3. Independent Variable: New Drug

    4. Dependent Variable: Number of used tissues

    5. Control: Placebo/Sugar Pill

    6. Data: Those with the sugar pill used the same amount of tissues as those who had
    taken the new wonder drug.
    7. Is this data qualitative or quantitative? Qualitative (could argue quantitative if
    you gave the specific # of used tissues)

    8. Conclusion: Should include: Hypothesis (supported or rejected), Specific Data,


    Possible Error, and Future Studies.

    9. Constants: Size and color of pill, time, environment, diet, climate, activity
    Don’t forget the back!!!!
    For each of the following, decide if it is an example of a qualitative observation or a
    quantitative observation. Write L for Qualitative, N for Quantitative AND LN for
    both!!

    10. Mary’s shirt is blue and black. _L__


    11. There are 14 girls in this room. _N,LN__
    12. I smell the delicious scent of chocolate in the air. _L__
    13. The science lab tables are black and rectangular. _L__
    14. I see pink tulips all around the yard. _L__

    Decide if the following are examples of observations or inferences. Write O for


    observation, or I for inference.

    15. The sky is blue. _O___


    16. I think it might rain. __I__
    17. The dog is chasing the cat. _O__
    18. The dog must be mad at the cat. _I__

    Label I.V. for the independent Variable and D.V. for the dependent variable.

    19. The car goes faster __DV___


    When I add super-go-fluid _IV___
    20. I took a smart pill __IV___
    And now I can remember names and numbers without fail _DV___

    Each problem was worth 5 points.

    Grade: /100

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