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Scientific Method
Identify a problem
What do you want to know?
What question do you want to answer?
What problem do you want to solve?
An OBSERVATION leads to a QUESTION
Scientific Method
Make observations: gather observed information
Research previous knowledge
Collect data: gather quantitative information
Form an EDUCATED explanation/answer
Hypothesis
Scientific Method
Conduct an Experiment
Control “OTHER” variables
Must be able to duplicate
Develop a way to TEST your hypothesis
Dependant versus independent variables
Generate DATA
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Conclusion
Was your hypothesis correct?
Was your hypothesis incorrect?
Correct what went wrong
Rerun experiment with corrections
Interpret the DATA collected
Scientific Method
TheoryHypothesis that has been tested many times by many people over time with the same results
Can NEVER be proved
CAN be disproved
LAW = WHAT happensTHEORY = WHY it happens
DATA collection and
DATA analysis