Steps of the Scientific Method
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6 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1. Purpose/Question | What you want to know or find out? |
| 2. Research/Background Knowledge | What you know about the topic (background knowledge) or research conducted in order to find out more about the topic. |
| 3. Hypothesis | An educated prediction. What do you think will be the result of your experimentation? Must be testable. |
| 4. Experiment | The steps (procedure) you follow to test your hypothesis. You collect data during this process. |
| 5. Analyze | Once the experiment is over, collect all measurements and evaluate or analyze them to check if your hypothesis was supported or not. |
| 6. Conclusion | The step in which one communicates the results to others in a final report (did your data support your hypothesis?) |
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