experimental design

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experimental design

How to build a better mousetrap car--and other experimental science fun

1977
Science experiments using such models as mousetrap cars, paper plate Frisbees, toothpick bridges, and milk carton windmills which the experimenter makes himself and then changes and rebuilds as he tests scientific data.

What are the facts?

collecting information
2007
Identifies the steps involved in following the scientific method, focusing on the role of collecting information in conducting science investigations. Includes a glossary.

Uncontrolled

the surprising payoff of trial-and-error for business, politics, and society
2012
Entrepreneur and political commentator Jim Manzi argues for a radical new approach to our most pressing economic and social problems, using the scientific method--and its controlled experiments and skeptical mindset--to test what works in business and government.
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