Dependent Variable The variable that you measure in an experiment.

Peer Review The evaluation of a scientific report by other scientists who are experts in the same area (peers). They go through it bit by bit, examining the methods and data, and checking it's all clear and logical.

Valid Result A result that answers the question it was intended to answer.

Variable A quantity that has the potential to change.

Variable A quantity that has the potential to change.

Independent Variable The variable that you change in an experiment.

Discrete Data Data that can only take certain values.

Continuous Data Data that can have any value on a scale.

Categoric Data Data that can be sorted into categories.

Ordered/Ordinal Data Categoric data where the categories can be put in order.

Precise Result A result that can be consistently reproduced in independent experiments.

Anomalous Result A result that doesn't fit in with the pattern of the other results in a set of data.

Precise Result A result that can be consistently reproduced in independent experiments.

Correlation The relationship between two values.

Correlation The relationship between two values.

Valid Result A result which answers the question it was intended to answer.

Accurate Result A result that is close to the true answer.

Precise Result A result that can be consistently reproduced in independent experiments.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

During a large disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, warnings get hopelessly jumbled. The truth is that, for warnings to work, it's not enough for them to be delivered. They must also overcome that human tendency to pause; they must trigger a series of effective actions, mobilizing the informal networks that we depend on in a crisis.

I love to eat - Kit Kats or cookies-and-cream ice cream. I need sugar like five times a day.

A grandmother is a mother who has a second chance.

Lynch is an ordinary, smalltown guy and he just sees strange things in people.

I've always admired teachers for their patience and purpose in choosing their profession.

It's very easy for me to say what success is. I think success is connecting with an audience who understands you and having a dialogue with them. I think success is continuing to push yourself forward creatively and not sort of becoming a caricature of yourself.

Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.

Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.

If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being.

I went through this realization that acting, at its heart, is the ability to manipulate your own emotions.

There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.

I have never felt 'fat;' I just didn't realise how unhealthy I was until I look back at pictures. In the moment, I felt so beautiful, and I remember walking down red carpets with my make-up done in a little sparkly dress, and I thought I was so cute.

I guess the President says the majority of the people didn't elect him, he doesn't have to listen to 'em anyway.

Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.

I like to do things that I develop from the ground up.

Hiring people is an art not a science and resumes cant tell you whether someone will fit into a companys culture.

I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

For there is a price ticket on everything that puts a whizz into life, and adventure follows the rule. It's distressing, but there you are.

And the test for any actor is whether you stay at the table or go away.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

I'd love to collaborate with a writer, but I'm such a control freak, it might be difficult.

You know what, the drummer is my manager. He's busy. And I'm busy. I don't need the dough, though. But having said that, there's a limit to how much bad music I wanna play. I did it when I was young, and some of the music was OK, but it wasn't great.

Cooking is like love. You don't have to be particularly beautiful or very glamorous, or even very exciting to fall in love. You just have to be interested in it. It's the same thing with food.