Match the phrases in Column A and Column B

Column A

1. general or nonspecific observation
   
2. educated guess
   
3. when two variables change in the same direction, one remaining larger than the other by the same factor
   
4. "measured" observation
   
5. standard, reference data, or experiment
   
6. a presently accepted explanation of how something happens
   
7. a statement that explains what something does under the same conditions
   
8. a curve drawn to average the data's deviations
   
   
   

Column B


qualitative

control

direct relationship

quantitative

hypothesis

law

best fit curve

theory