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Quiz

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1. True or False, The symbol \odot represents the Sun.

TRUE
FALSE

2. The symbol \odot may also represent or have represented?

3. Evidence that demonstrates that a model or idea versus a control group is feasible for mathematical astronomy is called a

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4. True or False, A control group may be used in mathematical astronomy to demonstrate no effect or a standard effect versus a novel effort applied to a treatment group.

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FALSE

5. Astronomy is not purely mathematics because of which phenomena?

the Sun
displacements consist of a number plus a dimension such as kilometers
time
a late-summer rainstorm
movement

6. True or False, The symbol π represents an irrational number encountered when calculating cyclical or circular celestial phenomena.

TRUE
FALSE

7. One use of mathematics with respect to an object in the sky is the calculation of its

8. True or False, The purpose of a treatment group in mathematical astronomy is to describe natural processes or phenomena for the first time relative to a control group.

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FALSE

9. An astronomical entity with no mathematics attached may be which of the following?

the Sun
a meteorite impact
an astronomer
a late-summer rainstorm
the Moon

10. Complete the text:

Scientific notation (more commonly known as standard form) is a way of writing that are too big or too small to be conveniently written in form.

11. True or False, The average value of the radius of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is a displacement.

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FALSE

12. Which of the following is not a real number?

2
e
c
4i
106
1.205 E -06

13. True or False, In the arrangement of symbols 40Ar, 40 is an atomic number.

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FALSE

14. True or False, In the symbol string K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O, the · means multiplication.

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FALSE

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Research

Hypothesis:

  1. On a mathematics quiz the answers are the same, only the questions change.

Control groups

This is an image of a Lewis rat. Credit: Charles River Laboratories.

The findings demonstrate a statistically systematic change from the status quo or the control group.

“In the design of experiments, treatments [or special properties or characteristics] are applied to [or observed in] experimental units in the treatment group(s).[1] In comparative experiments, members of the complementary group, the control group, receive either no treatment or a standard treatment.[2]"[3]

Proof of concept

Def. a “short and/or incomplete realization of a certain method or idea to demonstrate its feasibility"[4] is called a proof of concept.

Def. evidence that demonstrates that a concept is possible is called proof of concept.

The proof-of-concept structure consists of

  1. background,
  2. procedures,
  3. findings, and
  4. interpretation.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Klaus Hinkelmann, Oscar Kempthorne (2008). Design and Analysis of Experiments, Volume I: Introduction to Experimental Design (2nd ed.). Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-72756-9. http://books.google.com/?id=T3wWj2kVYZgC&printsec=frontcover.
  2. ↑ R. A. Bailey (2008). Design of comparative experiments. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-68357-9. http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521683579.
  3. ↑ "Treatment and control groups, In: Wikipedia". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. May 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  4. ↑ "proof of concept, In: Wiktionary". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. November 10, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-13.
  5. ↑ Ginger Lehrman and Ian B Hogue, Sarah Palmer, Cheryl Jennings, Celsa A Spina, Ann Wiegand, Alan L Landay, Robert W Coombs, Douglas D Richman, John W Mellors, John M Coffin, Ronald J Bosch, David M Margolis (August 13, 2005). "Depletion of latent HIV-1 infection in vivo: a proof-of-concept study". Lancet 366 (9485): 549-55. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67098-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1894952/. Retrieved 2012-05-09.

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