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Please help me figure out my Independent Variable.
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briyes1
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- Occupation: Student 7th grade
- Project Question: What cleaning agent inhibits the growth of bacteria the best?
- Project Due Date: January 4, 2012
- Project Status: I am finished with my experiment and analyzing the data
Please help me figure out my Independent Variable.
Hi. My science project problem is: What cleaning agent inhibits the growth of bacteria the best? I used four petri dishes and swabbed our door handle and then swabbed each dish using a new swab each time. I used a control petri dish and 3 others: soap and water, anti-bacterial soap and water and hand sanitizer. Can you please verify my independent variable? I think it is the cleaning agent, but I am not 100% sure. My project is due January 4, 2012 and I am in the middle of typing everything out. Thank you, Nicholas from the USA.
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- Project Question: Applying evolutionary algorithms to a Monte Carlo Tree Search
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- Project Status: I am conducting my experiment
Re: Please help me figure out my Independent Variable.
Hi, and welcome to the forums!
Have you looked at the Variables in Your Science Fair Project page, here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... bles.shtml?
You may find it useful to look at the page.
Anyways, the independent variable is what's affecting the experiment. So if you have a cause and effect hypothesis, the independent variable would be the cause.
Good luck,
blueswim
Have you looked at the Variables in Your Science Fair Project page, here: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... bles.shtml?
You may find it useful to look at the page.
Anyways, the independent variable is what's affecting the experiment. So if you have a cause and effect hypothesis, the independent variable would be the cause.
Good luck,
blueswim