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The Science Buddies website aims to promote deep understanding of scientific research through student science fair projects. This segment of the website provides explicit help in preparing an experimental design. It includes key information about:
1) Setting up experimental and control groups, 2) Sample materials lists, 3) How to write a detailed procedure, 4) The meaning of reliability and how it is impacted by sample size. Editor's Note: Reliability in research is defined as the extent to which results are consistent over time, how accurately the results represent the total population under study, and whether the results can be reproduced under similar methodologies. It's important for students in the middle grades to become acquainted with reliability as a concept, and for high school students to gain practice in setting up experiments that meet criteria of reliability. See Related Materials for background information on understanding reliability and validity in scientific research.
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