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    The document provides guidance on designing controlled experiments using the acronym CORMS or DORIC. CORMS stands for Control, Organism, Reliability, Measurement, and Standardize - the key elements to consider when designing an experiment. DORIC provides a simpler alternative that represents Dependent variable, Organisms, Repeats, Independent variable, and Control variables. The document explains each letter of the acronyms and what should be considered for each element when setting up a controlled experiment.

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    The document provides guidance on designing controlled experiments using the acronym CORMS or DORIC. CORMS stands for Control, Organism, Reliability, Measurement, and Standardize - the key elements to consider when designing an experiment. DORIC provides a simpler alternative that represents Dependent variable, Organisms, Repeats, Independent variable, and Control variables. The document explains each letter of the acronyms and what should be considered for each element when setting up a controlled experiment.

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    The document provides guidance on designing controlled experiments using the acronym CORMS or DORIC. CORMS stands for Control, Organism, Reliability, Measurement, and Standardize - the key elements to consider when designing an experiment. DORIC provides a simpler alternative that represents Dependent variable, Organisms, Repeats, Independent variable, and Control variables. The document explains each letter of the acronyms and what should be considered for each element when setting up a controlled experiment.

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    The document provides guidance on designing controlled experiments using the acronym CORMS or DORIC. CORMS stands for Control, Organism, Reliability, Measurement, and Standardize - the key elements to consider when designing an experiment. DORIC provides a simpler alternative that represents Dependent variable, Organisms, Repeats, Independent variable, and Control variables. The document explains each letter of the acronyms and what should be considered for each element when setting up a controlled experiment.

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    CORMS

    C - control, what are you changing? The


    Independent Variable
    So if you are looking at the effect of temperature on
    something you might set up experiments at varying
    different temperatures.

    O - organism, what organism will you use and how


    will you keep this constant between experiments?
    With plants, for example, you should state what you
    would keep constant about the plants, so age, size etc.

    R - reliability, how will you make your result


    reliable?
    Normally you would just write that you would repeat
    each experiment a certain number of times.

    M - measurement, how will you take


    measurements?
    Give a stated period of time for which you will leave the
    experiment, say what you will measure to show
    change/differences in different experiments. Normally
    two marks, one for time and one for measurement.

    S - standardize, what factors will you keep


    constant throughout the experiment?
    In an experiment about plants you might say that you
    would keep the light intensity, temperature, humidity
    etc. the same. This also normally has two marks
    available.
    DORIC
    (A simpler way of remembering the key point)

     D stands for Dependent Variable.   This is what you


    will measure in your experiment.  The mark is often for how
    you plan to measure the dependent variable, how frequently
    you will take measurements etc.

    O stands for Organisms. Using a living organism in your


    experiment (other than humans) often this involves using
    organisms of the same species, the same age and sometimes
    the same mass.  If you are using humans, you often need to
    standardize your groups for gender, health, age etc.

    R stands for Repeats .Repeat allows you to see how reliable


    your method is For any experiment, think about how many
    repeats you think you would do.In a laboratory experiment,
    three might be sensible,

    I stands for Independent Variable.  This is the thing you are


    going to alter in the experiment.  

    C stands for Control Variables:  what are the variables that


    need keeping the same in every experiment in order to make
    the investigation a fair test?  Think what other factors might
    affect the dependent variable other than the one you are
    investigating.  And then think how you would keep them
    constant in an experiment.  I would suggest you need to
    identify at least two or three of the most obvious control
    variables to ensure you get full marks.

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