What are the 5 steps to the scientific method?

Answer 1

They are question, hypothesis, experiment, result(s) and conclusion, in that order.

Answer 2

These are 5 steps to the scientific method:



1. Asking a question or seeing a problem to be solved

2. Making observations and thinking of possible solutions

3. Choosing the best solution and forming a hypothesis

4. Performing tests or experiments

5. Re-testing and drawing conclusions

Answer 3

Observation. A constant feature of scientific inquiry.

Description. Information must be reliable, i.e., replicable (repeatable) as well as valid (relevant to the inquiry).

Prediction. Information must be valid for observations past, present, and future of given phenomena, i.e., purported "one shot" phenomena do not give rise to the capability to predict, nor to the ability to repeat an experiment.

Control. Actively and fairly sampling the range of possible occurrences, whenever possible and proper, as opposed to the passive acceptance of opportunistic data, is the best way to control or counterbalance the risk of empirical bias.

Falsifiability, or the elimination of plausible alternatives. This is a gradual process that requires repeated experiments by multiple researchers who must be able to replicate results in order to corroborate them. This requirement, one of the most frequently contended, leads to the following: All hypotheses and theories are in principle subject to disproof. Thus, there is a point at which there might be a consensus about a particular hypothesis or theory, yet it must in principle remain tentative. As a body of knowledge grows and a particular hypothesis or theory repeatedly brings predictable results, confidence in the hypothesis or theory increases

Causal explanation. Many scientists and theorists on scientific method argue that concepts of causality are not obligatory to science, but are in fact well-defined only under particular, admittedly widespread conditions. Under these conditions the following requirements are generally regarded as important to scientific understanding:
Identification of causes. Identification of the causes of a particular phenomenon to the best achievable extent.
Covariation of events. The hypothesized causes must correlate with observed effects.
Time-order relationship. The hypothesized causes must precede the observed effects in time.

Answer 4

If you try to reduce scientific method to 5 steps then you simply do not understand it or its philosophy in the slightest. It just isn't that reducible.

Try reading some Karl Popper.

Answer 5

1. Define a question
2. Observe
2. Formulate hypthesis
3. Test hypothesis
4. Review results
5. Interpret Results
6. Report results

Answer 6

The five steps are: Analyzing the problem, Gathering datas, formulating the hypothesis, Performing the experiment, Presenting results, and verifying the result. I thought it's six.

Answer 7

There are 4, 5,6 or 7 depending on which teacher you listen to. I have worked in research and development for 30 years and someone has to tell the teachers that no one uses it in the real world. They don't understand how science really works. Einstein came up with his whole theory of relativity, both special and general and never did one experiment and no one has showed through follow on experiments that he was wrong.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

Answer 8

Personal problems usually involve a lot of personal emotions and feelings that make an impartial observation virtually impossible. This is why sociologists and psychologists aren't supposed to treat themselves as test subjects or case studies. You would need an impartial observer.

Answer 9

I think this avalanche of questions about scientific methodology shows that you don't understand anything about your homework assignment. Read up this page and then see if you can do your homework without any help.

Answer 10

Identify the problem
gather data
test data
review results
draw a conclusion/ make a theory

Something to that extent...