• projection

    See forecast, prediction, projection

  • User research and testing

    You can explore your audiences’ interests, opinions and preferences using data from existing sources or from targeted data collection activities.

  • proof

    Proof is a dangerous word in the context of science because its common, scientific, mathematical and legal meanings are all different.

  • quarantine

    See isolation, quarantine

  • race (human)

    Race is a biological term that is used to describe groups of animals (including humans) or sometimes plants.

  • rainfall, rainwater, runoff, stormwater

    rainfall: the amount (usually measured in millimetres) of rain that falls in a given period and area rainwater: water that has fallen as rain runoff: rain

  • Presenting information accurately

    Some areas of writing require particular attention, to ensure that the information you provide is unbiased and as accurate as possible.

  • rainwater

    See rainfall, rainwater, runoff, stormwater

  • recyclable

    See biodegradable, compostable, recyclable

  • regime, regimen

    Interchangeable terms from the same Latin root meaning a plan, system or routine.

  • regimen

    See regime, regimen

  • runoff

    See rainfall, rainwater, runoff, stormwater

  • sacrifice

    See cull, destroy, euthanase, kill, sacrifice, slaughter

  • sample

    See aliquot, sample

  • sensitivity, specificity

    sensitivity: the proportion of truly positive units that are correctly identified as positive by a test specificity: the proportion of truly negative units t

  • sewage, sewerage

    sewage: waste materials that pass through sewers sewerage: the system of drains that carries sewage Sewage system and sewerage system are both acceptable.

  • sewerage

    See sewage, sewerage

  • Writing about evidence

    Learn about the types and quality of evidence, and how to write about evidence to be specific and accurate, while avoiding biased language.

  • sex

    See gender, sex

  • sign, symptom

    sign: evidence of disease that can be recognised by someone other than the patient.

  • slaughter

    See cull, destroy, euthanase, kill, sacrifice, slaughter

  • solute, solution, solvent

    solute: a substance that is dissolved in a solvent to produce a solution solution: a homogeneous mixture that is produced when a solute is dissolved in a sol

  • solution

    See solute, solution, solvent

  • solvent

    See solute, solution, solvent

  • species

    See breed, species