SOL Prep

Data in Context

Virginia SOL PS.DC.3

Utilize principles of experimental design to plan and conduct a well-designed experiment.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Describe principles of experimental design: treatment/control groups, blinding/placebo effects, experimental units/subjects, blocking/matched pairs, and completely randomized designs.
  • Evaluate experimental design principles for comparison, randomization, replication, and control within a problem context.
  • Compare controlled experiments and observational studies and the conclusions they support.
  • Plan and conduct a well-designed experiment using the statistical cycle.
  • Select an appropriate data collection method for a given context.