Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange green slime. His friend Barney tells him that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Homer decides to check this out by spraying half of the shower with coconut juice. He sprays the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of "treatment" there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower.

Identify the:
16. What was the initial observation?
17. Control Group
18. Independent Variable
19. Dependent Variable
20. What should Homer's conclusion be?

Question

Homer notices that his shower is covered in a strange green slime. His friend Barney tells him that coconut juice will get rid of the green slime. Homer decides to check this out by spraying half of the shower with coconut juice. He sprays the other half of the shower with water. After 3 days of "treatment" there is no change in the appearance of the green slime on either side of the shower.

Identify the: 
16. What was the initial observation?
17. Control Group
18. Independent Variable 
19. Dependent Variable 
20. What should Homer's conclusion be?

jamesj · Answer

Go back and read your last problem and our conversation about it.  You should have no trouble now with 
- Control Group
- Indep Variable
- Dependent Variable; and
- Conclusion

The initial observation is just the observation of the problem: "The shower has green slime"

anonymous · Answer

i know but i still have trouble with it.

anonymous · Answer

Read the answers to your previous question given to you by james,

jamesj · Answer

Well, what do you think the control group is here?

jamesj · Answer

What isn't experiencing the change of the experiment?

jamesj · Answer

Perhaps it's easier to start with: what is not the control group?  What is experiencing the change of the experiment?

anonymous · Answer

i was trying to think

anonymous · Answer

brb