experimenters
Those testing hypotheses
Experimenters are people who conduct experiments—those who test ideas through systematic observation and controlled conditions.
The term applies across contexts: scientists in laboratories, teachers demonstrating principles to students, or anyone trying new approaches to see what works.
The experimenters recorded results every hour.
An experimenter may also be someone who habitually tries new things: She's an experimenter in the kitchen.
Scientists studying living things
- chemistsScientists studying substances
- physicistsScientists studying matter, energy
- psychologistsMental health researchers
- neuroscientistsResearchers of neural systems
geneticists · pharmacologists · immunologists · microbiologists · researchers · technicians · investigators · testers
Testable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlsOperates or regulates
- empiricalBased on observation, not theory
qualitative · quantitative · statistics · fieldwork · publications · citations · journals · academia
Open-mouthed laboratory vessels
- microscopesOptical enlargement instruments
- pipettesLiquid-measuring lab tubes
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- gogglesSealed protective eyewear
gloves · flasks · specimens · reagents · cultures · incubator · autoclave · chromatography
Sudden important advance
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
finding · detection · uncovering · observation · novelty · invention · realization · unexpected
Areas of study
- participantsThose actively involved
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
- double-blindNeither tester nor tested knows
randomized · dosage · outcomes · efficacy · phases · volunteers · cohort · baseline
biologists
Scientists studying living things
- chemistsScientists studying substances
- physicistsScientists studying matter, energy
- psychologistsMental health researchers
neuroscientists · geneticists · pharmacologists · immunologists · microbiologists · researchers · technicians · investigators · testers · pioneers
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- controlsOperates or regulates
empirical · qualitative · quantitative · statistics · fieldwork · publications · citations · journals · academia · funding
beakers
Open-mouthed laboratory vessels
- microscopesOptical enlargement instruments
- pipettesLiquid-measuring lab tubes
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
goggles · gloves · flasks · specimens · reagents · cultures · incubator · autoclave · chromatography · spectrophotometer
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
revelation · finding · detection · uncovering · observation · novelty · invention · realization · unexpected · surprising
subjects
Areas of study
- participantsThose actively involved
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- placeboInactive therapeutic substitute
double-blind · randomized · dosage · outcomes · efficacy · phases · volunteers · cohort · baseline · endpoints
- science enthusiastsastronomer, astronomers, stargazer, stargazers, citizen scientists
- non-expertsamateurs, beginners, novices, laypeople, non-experts
- makersmakers, filmmaker, crafter, watchmaker, crafters
- trailblazerstrailblazers, pioneers, innovators, groundbreakers, forerunners
- early adoptersearly adopters, innovators, pioneers, trendsetters, beta testers
- Political Groupsfaction, Republican Party, caucus, Democratic Party, wing
experimentersobservers
Those who watch events
bystanders · spectators · witnesses · onlookers · watchers
experimenterssubjects
Areas of study
participants · guinea pigs · respondents · testees · examinees
experimenterstraditionalists
Upholders of established customs
conventionalists · conformists · conservatives · purists · classicists