lab experiments
Scientific trial procedures
Lab experiments are scientific tests conducted in controlled laboratory settings, as opposed to field research or observational studies.
The phrase emphasizes the artificial, controlled conditions: The drug showed promise in lab experiments but hasn't been tested on humans.
Scientists use lab experiments to isolate variables and establish causation.
- Bunsen burnerLaboratory gas flame device
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- null hypothesisAssumed no relationship exists
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
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- scientific researchresearch, study, field studies, clinical trial, thesis
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lab experimentsfield observations
Data gathered on location
field studies · field research · fieldwork · real-world application · field trials
lab experimentsanecdotal evidence
Support from individual accounts
folk wisdom · intuition · speculation · armchair philosophy · common sense