Question

ou have decided to do an experiment to learn if a certain type of cactus will grow better in a dark closet or a sunny window. To begin your experiment, you place one cactus in a dark closet and one cactus in a sunny window. Over the next month, you record data about the cacti and their appearance every day. At the end of the month, you determine that the cactus in the sun is alive but didn’t grow and that the cactus from the dark closet is alive and grew one centimeter. Can you conclude that a dark closet is better for this type of cacti’s growth?(1 point) Responses Yes, when you are a student your results will be accepted on small-scale studies. Yes, when you are a student your results will be accepted on small-scale studies. Yes, one cactus can accurately reflect the behavior of all similar cacti. Yes, one cactus can accurately reflect the behavior of all similar cacti. No, you need to repeat an experiment multiple times before accepting a conclusion. No, you need to repeat an experiment multiple times before accepting a conclusion. No, you need to use one cactus in both conditions.

Answer 1

No, you need to repeat an experiment multiple times before accepting a conclusion.

While your initial experiment provides some interesting observations, drawing a robust conclusion about the growth conditions for all cacti based on just one cactus in each environment is insufficient. Repeating the experiment with multiple cacti in both conditions would yield more reliable data and help account for variability among individual plants.