1. Diving into the scientific method (related directly to your inquiry project)

2. What are qualities of a good hypothesis?
Observable
Plausible/Logical
Specific independent variable is identified
Testable

3. Why do you keep pronouns out of a hypothesis
Why do you keep pronouns out of a hypothesis? (and all of your inquiry report for that matter)
Let’s look into some examples

4. Example of Irrational Behaviors
Question:
If I offer a gamble (a coin toss) with chance of winning 100$ and losing 75$, would you take it?
Loss Aversion
Research has shown that if someone gives you $10 you will experience a small boost in satisfaction, but if you lose $10 you will experience a dramatically higher loss in satisfaction. Yes, the responses are opposite, but they are not equal in magnitude. 
Similarly, you might feel a small bit of joy when you breeze through green lights on your way to school, but you will get downright angry when the car in front of you sits at a green light and you miss the opportunity to make it through the intersection. Losing out on the chance to make the light is far more painful than the pleasure of hitting the green light from the beginning.

5. Here are the 3 biases you need to know!

6. Bias #1 Question: Who thinks they have the best pet?
Question: Is Donald Trump a good president?
Confirmation Bias
Another Example:
If you just bought a Honda Accord and you believe it is the best car on the market, then you’ll naturally read any article you come across that praises the car. Meanwhile, if another magazine lists a different car as the best pick of the year, you simply dismiss it and assume that the editors of that particular magazine got it wrong or were looking for something different than what you were looking for in a car. 

7. Bias #2
Answer: Research by Steven Pinker at Harvard University has shown that we are currently living in the least violent time in history. There are more people living in peace right now than ever before. The rates of homicide, rape, sexual assault, and child abuse are all falling.
Question: Is our present time period a very peaceful or violent time to live in globally?
Question: Is Donald Trump a good president?
Availability Heuristic
Another Example:
If you just bought a Honda Accord and you believe it is the best car on the market, then you’ll naturally read any article you come across that praises the car. Meanwhile, if another magazine lists a different car as the best pick of the year, you simply dismiss it and assume that the editors of that particular magazine got it wrong or were looking for something different than what you were looking for in a car. 

8. Bias #3
Question: What brand of clothing do you prefer to wear and why?
Choice Supportive Bias
Another Example:
This bias affects marketing in the following ways:
People tend to buy products and services with which they are familiar.
People tend to trust any piece of information that seems to support this choice.
People tend to forget any information that opposes a strongly held viewpoint.

9. To Summarize
Be careful of having bias in your research. Wanting to prove your hypothesis correct can lead to calculating/interpreting data incorrectly.

10. Controlling for variables is important!
Next: List all the variables in the following situations

11. Examples of variables related to poor academic performance:
Entrance exam score
number of hours devoted to studying
student-teacher ratio
number of students in the class
educational attainment of teachers
teaching style
the distance of school from home
number of hours devoted by parents in providing tutorial support

12. Examples of variables related to crime and violence:
number of robberies
number of attempted murders
number of prisoners
number of crime victims
number of laws enforcers
number of convictions
number of car napping incidents

13. Variables In any experiment there are 4 variables:
an independent (or input) variable
a dependent (or outcome/results) variable
Some are constant variables (these variables do not change
a control variable (this is used to compare your dependent variable to) “The Normal”
Let’s look at each type….

14. Independent (input) variable
This is the thing that you decide to change. Always graphed on the X axis.
Example 1
Investigating how a weight affects the length of an elastic band.
You decide the weight to apply, so:
Weight is the independent variable.

15. Independent (input) variable
This is the thing that you decide to change.
Example 2
Investigating how the rate of cooling of a beaker depends on the initial temperature.
You decide the initial temperature, so:
initial temperature is the independent variable.

16. Independent (input) variable
This is the thing that you decide to change.
Example 3
Investigating how the current through a resistor depends on the voltage across it.
Which is the independent variable?
The voltage is the independent variable.

17. Dependent (outcome) variable
This is the variable that changes as a result. It is the variable that you measure. Always graphed on the Y axis.
Example 1
Investigating how a weight affects the length of an elastic band.
You measure the resulting length of the elastic band, so:
Length is the dependent variable.

18. Dependent (outcome) variable
This is the variable that changes as a result. It is the variable that you measure.
Example 2
Investigating how the rate of cooling of a beaker depends on the initial temperature.
You measure the temperature every minute as it cools, so:
The rate of cooling is the dependent variable.

19. Dependent (outcome) variable
This is the variable that changes as a result. It is the variable that you measure.
Example 3
Investigating how the current through a resistor depends on the voltage across it.
Which is the dependent variable here?
The current is the dependent variable.