Open Ended Investigation (1 Viewer)

[= Jennifer =]

hey everyone

i am currently doing an open ended investigation i just want to make sure this is the order of the set out

• aim
• hypothesis
• prediction
• method
• results
• discussion
• concusion
  

is this right??

also could someone tell me the difference between a hypothesis and prediction

thanks

 

[Misturi]

I thought they would be the same thing, the hypothesis is a prediction of what will happen, based on the facts, so it has to be a reasonable predicition.

The dictionarys definitions are:

Hypothesis: Proposistion or supposition made as the basis for reasoning or investiagtion, a groundless assuption.

Predition: The art of predicting or the process of being predicted.

I would have to say again that they are similar, in a general science term, it might be different for biology however, which l am unsure about.

 

[tooheyz]

yeah in my open ended investigation last year, my layout was like yours, except i just had 'hypothe..' and not 'prediction'

i thought it was the same thing??

 

[= Jennifer =]

yeah that is what i thought as well the teacher said they are different and i asked her what is the difference and she said i cant tell you it is all part of the research process

 

[Misturi]

ppffttt...or in otherwords she has no damn idea.

j/k

Maybe she wants you to TRY and find out??

those two definitions might help?

 

[AK Gumbi]

You may probably also want to add a 'risk assessment' section where u basically discuss the risks involved, ways to prevent them, and what to do if the risk does occur. You could probably include it after ur discussion.

 

[Misturi]

Wouldn't you put the risk assessment into the discussion?

Also you could put down things you could have done diffeently/changed - but this could also be added in the discussion.

 

[= Jennifer =]

the open ended investigation was we had to draw two pedigrees up using our family what could be the risk? seriously any suggestions?

 

[~TeLEpAtHeTiC~]

as far as i did it

aim
hypothesis
equipment
method
results
conclusion
discussion

as far as i understand it, i see prediction and hypothesis as essentially the same thing
in a hypothesis by making an educated guess arnt u basically making a prediction of the outcome?
thats how i see it anyways
and to answer a previous statement
i always put my risk evaluation and assessment in my discussion

 

[frodo]

i thought you would put the conclusion after the discussion? and yeah i put the risk assessment in the discussion although it could be different with other schools, meh :S

 

[~TeLEpAtHeTiC~]

the conclusion essentially entails wether or not the hypothesis was supported, in an experiment i was told to never say that the hypothesis was proven, always to say it was supported if it was a positive result, otherwise the exeriment either failed to support the experiment
the discussion follows and in it you discuss as it suggest, the experiment and ur results and how u came to your conclusion
if your experiment 'failed' u discuss reasons and to why this might hav happened and postulate possible solutions so that further experiments might be more successful
do as u will but i prefer having discussion after conclusion as it makes logical sense to me
then again
u might think otherwise

telepathetic