The Scientific Method, in my opinion, is a lengthy process to test the validity of hypotheses or theories in order to determine whether those educated guesses hold accurate value to either solve a world problem or answer a scientific question. Much of my paper, if not all, is cited from the ICC’s Films on Demand video called The Scientific Method that can be found under our class’s “Course Materials” tab.
The Scientific Method has a total of five parts or sections: define the problem, form a hypothesis, experiments and observations, analyze data, and, lastly, form a conclusion and communicate the results (Scientific Method, 1999). In my opinion, there are a few reasons why I think the Scientific Method has importance; I believe it has continued …show more content…
The first step, define a problem, the video showed two scientific areas where scientists can depict problems in the world from, applied science and pure science. Applied science involves world problems or pressing problems, such as disease, amount of food sources, etc.… (Scientific Method, 1999). The second was pure science which is aimed to provide answers to questions that have “no immediate application to our daily lives (Scientific Method, 1999)”. The second step, form a hypothesis, the video talked about how scientists do extensive research on the problem they want to experiment on by looking into background information, other experiments conducted on the problem, where it surfaced, etc.… Through this research, scientists develop at hypothesis; the video explains that in order to be a valid guess it must be “testable, stated in an “if….then” format, and be able to be proved or disproved by an experiment (Scientific Method, 1999)”. After a hypothesis is developed from research, next is the experimental and observational stage. To start, the experiment being conducted must use an independent variable, dependent variable, experimental group, and a control group (Scientific Method, 1999); the video further explains that, in order for your experiment to be acknowledged, there must be proof that “the thing being tested must cause the change we observe, people must be able to apply the answer to many situations outside the test, and, lastly, be sure that the results are real and not due to either another factor or bias on the part of someone in the experiment (Scientific Method,
The Scientific Method has a total of five parts or sections: define the problem, form a hypothesis, experiments and observations, analyze data, and, lastly, form a conclusion and communicate the results (Scientific Method, 1999). In my opinion, there are a few reasons why I think the Scientific Method has importance; I believe it has continued …show more content…
The first step, define a problem, the video showed two scientific areas where scientists can depict problems in the world from, applied science and pure science. Applied science involves world problems or pressing problems, such as disease, amount of food sources, etc.… (Scientific Method, 1999). The second was pure science which is aimed to provide answers to questions that have “no immediate application to our daily lives (Scientific Method, 1999)”. The second step, form a hypothesis, the video talked about how scientists do extensive research on the problem they want to experiment on by looking into background information, other experiments conducted on the problem, where it surfaced, etc.… Through this research, scientists develop at hypothesis; the video explains that in order to be a valid guess it must be “testable, stated in an “if….then” format, and be able to be proved or disproved by an experiment (Scientific Method, 1999)”. After a hypothesis is developed from research, next is the experimental and observational stage. To start, the experiment being conducted must use an independent variable, dependent variable, experimental group, and a control group (Scientific Method, 1999); the video further explains that, in order for your experiment to be acknowledged, there must be proof that “the thing being tested must cause the change we observe, people must be able to apply the answer to many situations outside the test, and, lastly, be sure that the results are real and not due to either another factor or bias on the part of someone in the experiment (Scientific Method,