experimenter
One who tests
An experimenter is someone who conducts experiments—testing hypotheses through controlled observation or trial.
The term appears most often in scientific contexts: The experimenters recorded subjects' response times.
It can also describe anyone who tries new approaches: She's an experimenter in the kitchen, always combining unexpected flavors.
Testable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlAuthority to direct
- dataFacts for analysis
analysis · empirical · quantitative · qualitative · statistics · observation · protocol · sample
One who studies organisms
- chemistSubstance and reaction scientist
- physicistScientist of matter and energy
- geneticistScientist studying heredity
- neuroscientistOne who studies brains
psychologist · pharmacologist · microbiologist · researcher · apparatus · instruments · specimens · Pavlov
First to forge ahead
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- inventorCreator of original devices
- explorerOne who investigates unfamiliar regions
discoverer · visionary · maverick · trendsetter · pathfinder · original · unconventional · bold
Sudden important advance
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
serendipity · anomaly · phenomenon · observation · finding · uncovering · detecting · realization
Matter under discussion
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- participantOne who takes part
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
measurement · results · ethics · consent · randomization · dosage · intervention · outcome
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlAuthority to direct
data · analysis · empirical · quantitative · qualitative · statistics · observation · protocol · sample · laboratory
biologist
One who studies organisms
- chemistSubstance and reaction scientist
- physicistScientist of matter and energy
- geneticistScientist studying heredity
neuroscientist · psychologist · pharmacologist · microbiologist · researcher · apparatus · instruments · specimens · Pavlov · Milgram
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- inventorCreator of original devices
explorer · discoverer · visionary · maverick · trendsetter · pathfinder · original · unconventional · bold · risk-taker
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
revelation · serendipity · anomaly · phenomenon · observation · finding · uncovering · detecting · realization · unexpected
subject
Matter under discussion
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
- participantOne who takes part
procedure · measurement · results · ethics · consent · randomization · dosage · intervention · outcome · clinical
- science enthusiastsastronomer, astronomers, stargazer, stargazers, citizen scientists
- Pioneerspioneer, pioneers, forerunner, trailblazer, innovator
- Tinkerersinventor, modder, gadgeteer, DIYer, maker
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
- casual playerscasual player, hobbyist, weekend warrior, dabbler, weekend golfer
- PolymathsLeonardo da Vinci, Aristotle, polymath, Benjamin Franklin, Leibniz
experimentersubject
Matter under discussion
test subject · experimental subject · participant · guinea pig · lab rat
experimentertheorist
Developer of explanatory systems
armchair philosopher · dogmatist · doctrinaire · speculator · scholastic
experimentertraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
conformist · conservative · conventionalist · stick-in-the-mud · creature of habit
- science experimentMethodical investigation testing hypotheses
- experimental artInnovative, non-traditional creative work
- experimental stagePeriod of initial testing
- social experimentStaged scenario studying reactions
- experimental methodControlled testing for knowledge
- experimental treatmentUnproven medical procedure being tested
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