Quantitative Observation: Definition And Examples
Quantitative observation is the type of observation that deals in quantifiable variables, things that you can use numbers to express. In contrast, qualitative observation focuses…
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Push And Pull Factors Of Migration
Push and pull factors of migration are driven by the push of conflict, extreme hardship, war, lack of economic opportunities, etc. combined with the pull…
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IQ Scale: IQ Charts By Age
One of the main factors to take into account when looking at an IQ score is the age of the person that has taken the…
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What An Experimental Control Is And Why It’s So Important
An experimental control is used in scientific experiments to minimize the effect of variables which are not the interest of the study. The control can…
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Here Is The Highest Possible IQ And The People Who Hold The World Record
The highest IQ possible in the world is theoretically 200, although some people have been known to have an IQ of above 200. Let’s discuss how…
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3 Types Of Volcanoes
The 3 types of volcanoes are stratovolcano (also known as a composite volcano), cinder cone volcano, and shield volcano. Each one is different in its…
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Vaccines and Autism: Can the Debate be Reconciled?
Broadly speaking, the general public doesn’t read scientific journals. Most people subscribe to magazines like Time or Reader’s Digest, not academic publications like Nature or Science. Yet this doesn’t mean that scientific…
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Is Health Care Innovation Better With Free Markets?
A great debate of United States politics in the 20th century rages on. The moment Donald Trump took to the White House as the unlikeliest…
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Can A Young Startup Bring Back Commercial Supersonic Air Travel?
Imagine getting on a plane in London, taking a three-hour nap, and then waking up in New York City. For the start-up company Boom Supersonic,…
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Where’s the Plane? The Science Behind Malaysia Airlines 370 (MH370)
Planes don’t just disappear. On March 8th, 2014, people all around the world said some version of that sentence to themselves as global media outlets…
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Should You Stop Having Children? The Science, Climate, and Statistics of Population Growth
When the editors of the popular United Kingdom-based publication The Guardian decided to publish an article with the title, “Want to fight climate change? Have…
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