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Encourage students to use these words when communicating with their project team, writing up reports, and presenting their ndings.  \n\n| Accuracy | Analysis | Argument | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Causation | Claim | Communicate | Constraints |\n| Control | Correlation | Criteria | Design (v.) |\n| Error | Diagram (n.) | Effectiveness | Efficiency |\n| Function | Evaluate | Evidence | Failure |\n| Inference | Hypothesis | Impact (n.) | Implication |\n| Model | Observation | Investigate | Limit |\n| Performance | Plan (n.) | Parallax | Patterns |\n| Problem | Process | Precision | Predict |\n| Quantitative | Reasoning | Prototype | Qualitative |\n| Relevance | Reliability | Refine | Reflect |\n| Requirements | Scale | Repeatability | Reproducibility |\n| Test (v.) | Theory | Simulation | Specifications (Specs) |\n| Uncertainty | Variability | Trade-Off | Trueness |\n\n© 2016 Carolina Biological Supply Company  \nAccuracy  \nThe quality of being near to the true or desired value  \nAnalysis  \nBreaking an object or process into smaller parts to examine or evaluate systematically  \nArgument  \nA persuasive defense for an explanation or solution based on evidence and reasoning  \nAssessment  \nAn evaluation of the cost, quality and/or ability of someone or something  \nCausation  \nThe relationship between cause and effect  \nClaim  \nA response made to a question and in the process of answering that question  \nCommunicate  \nTo share information orally, in written form and/or graphically through various forms of media  \nConstraints  \nA limitation or condition that must be satis ed by a design, including materials, cost, size, labor, etc.  \nControl  \nA variable that is kept the same across all tests for use as the comparison standard  \nCorrelation  \nA predictive dependent relationship between variables that may be positive or negative. Changing a variable creates a corresponding change in another but does not imply causation.  \nCriteria  \nAttributes of a design that can be measured; a set of standards upon which a decision is based  \nDesign (v.)  \nTo generate or to propose a possible solution; to create, fashion, execute, or construct  \nDiagram (n.)  \nA visual representation of data or information  \n© 2016 Carolina Biological Supply Company   \nEffectiveness  \nA determination of how well a solution meets the criteria  \nEf ciency  \nThe measurable relationship between a solution and the amount of resources it requires  \nError  \nThe difference between a measured value and its true or accepted value; important types include:  \n• Random Error  \nAn unpredictable result from a consistent measurement process  \n• Systematic Error  \nA predictable and consistent deviation from a value (true or accepted) or a process  \nEvaluate  \nTo determine signi cance  \nEvidence  \nData used to support a claim  \nFailure  \nThe inability of a device, process, or system to perform a required function  \nFunction  \nA speci c task that a system or part of a system performs or is intended to perform  \nHypothesis  \nA possible explanation that can be tested with an experiment  \nImpact (n.)  \nA strong effect or in􀀞uence on someone or something  \nImplication  \nA suggestion about or connection to a future outcome that is not stated directly  \n© 2016 Carolina Biological Supply Company  \nInference  \nForming an opinion based on known facts or evidence  \nInvestigate  \nThe process of gathering or examining information systematically; generating data to provide evidence to support a claim based on a stated goal, predicted outcome, and planned course of action  \nLimit  \nThe minimum or maximum permissible value  \nModel  \nA diagram, replica, mathematical representation, analogy, or computer simulation used to analyze a system for condition 􀀞aws, test a solution, visualize or re ne a design, and/or communicate desi","cbCaidY0ztTdX03W","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidY0ztTdX03W","pdf",71405,"English","# Engineering and Design Vocabulary\n## Core terms with definitions","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the engineering and design vocabulary list?\",\"answer\":\"The list supports science classroom communication by providing definitions of words frequently used by engineers and designers in project discussions, report writing, and presentations.\"},{\"question\":\"How do accuracy, error, and evaluation relate in the glossary?\",\"answer\":\"Accuracy describes closeness to a desired or true value, error is the difference between measured and true/accepted values, and evaluation is the act of determining significance.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative terms?\",\"answer\":\"Qualitative descriptions are non-measurable and based on observation, while quantitative terms are measurable, numeric, and objective.\"}]","Engineering and Design Vocabulary | PDF",1790581989,15]