<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/schema/zthes-1.0.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>51</termId><termName>Experiment</termName><termType>PT</termType><termLanguage>en-EN</termLanguage><termVocabulary>SYMSITES</termVocabulary>	<termStatus>active</termStatus>	<termApproval>approved</termApproval>	<termSortkey>Experiment</termSortkey><termNote label="Scope"><![CDATA[ <p>SYMSITES k-SDSS</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>A planned and organized inquiry designed to test a hypothesis, answer a question, or discover new facts.</p>
<p>A k-SDSS experiment is the sequence of the planned and organized sequence of interventions designed to test an hypothesis, answer a question, or discover new facts about social questions in I-US implementation.</p>
<p>An experiment is istantiated by the execution of simulation runs (execution of computational operations) based on a given set of parameters (the Experiment configuration).</p> ]]></termNote><termNote label="Definition"><![CDATA[ <p>A planned and organized inquiry designed to test a hypothesis, answer a question, or discover new facts.</p>
<p>A k-SDSS experiment is the sequence of the planned and organized sequence of interventions designed to test an hypothesis, answer a question, or discover new facts about social questions in I-US implementation.</p>
<p>An experiment is istantiated by the execution of simulation runs (execution of computational operations) based on a given set of parameters (the Experiment configuration).</p> ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>Experiment</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>48</termId><termName>Experimental design</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation><relation><relationType>NT</relationType><termId>52</termId><termName>Treatment (k-SDSS)</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>