Investigating Science flashcards

125 HSC Investigating Science cards across 4 modules (54 definitions, 54 key facts, 15 fill-the-gap, 2 formulas). Each session gives you 20 cards, due cards first. Swipe right for easy, left for hard, down for again. Keyboard: Space to flip, 1 to 4 to rate.

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What this deck covers

Module 5: Scientific Investigations (36 cards, 7 dot points)
Module 6: Technologies (34 cards, 7 dot points)
Module 7: Fact or Fallacy? (30 cards, 7 dot points)
Module 8: Science and Society (25 cards, 6 dot points)

Sample cards from this deck

Definition
Data analysis, error and uncertainty: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
Define Mean
Sum of values divided by count. The most common measure of central tendency for normally distributed data.
Definition
Cochlear implant and Graeme Clark: HSC Investigating Science Module 6
Define Cost and equity
The full implant procedure costs around 30,000 to 50,000 AUD per ear and is partially funded through Medicare and private health. Global access is far less equitable.
Definition
Climate denial and the scientific consensus: HSC Investigating Science Module 7
Define Peer-reviewed publication
Researchers report findings in journals.
Definition
Conflicts of interest in research: HSC Investigating Science Module 8
Define Financial
The researcher or their institution receives payment, stock, royalty or grant funding from a stakeholder.
Definition
Inquiry questions and hypotheses: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
Define Hypothesis
A proposed explanation for an observation, written as a statement that names the variables and predicts a relationship. A scientific hypothesis must be falsifiable: there must be possible observations that would disprove it.
Definition
CSIRO Wi-Fi development: HSC Investigating Science Module 6
Define The unpredictable value of basic research
Radio astronomy produced commercial technology that was unforeseeable when the work began.
Definition
Correlation versus causation: HSC Investigating Science Module 7
Define Negative correlation
One variable increases as the other decreases. Coffee consumption and sleep duration.
Definition
Evidence-based policy in Australia: HSC Investigating Science Module 8
Define Evaluation
A textbook case of evidence shaping policy that delivered population-health benefits.
Definition
Peer review and reproducibility: HSC Investigating Science Module 5
Define Methodology
Are the variables, controls, sample size and statistical methods appropriate?
Definition
Flying Doctor radio and telehealth: HSC Investigating Science Module 6
Define Equity
Rural and remote Australians still have higher all-cause mortality than urban populations, but the gap has narrowed substantially since the 1930s, attributed in part to the RFDS and to the telehealth services that grew from it.