Scientific Method Flashcards
Define scientific method
The scientific method is a process with the help of which scientists try to investigate, verify, or construct an accurate and reliable version of any natural phenomena
What are the steps of the scientific method?
Observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, conclusion.
What is observation?
It’s the fist step, you have to observe any phenomena of the universe and ask yourself a question.
What is data collection and hypothesis?
The next step is to collect all related data and formulate a hypothesis based on what you saw. The hypothesis could be the cause, effect, or relation of your phenomena to any other.
Experiments
You know this.
Analysis and conclusion
It’s when you’re done with the experiment and you analyze the results and compare them with your hypothesis for your conclusion.
Which are the 3 variables?
- independent: changed by the scientist.
- dependent: things that change thanks to the independent, the scientist focuses on this one.
- controlled: group that does not receive treatment to compare.