It’s about everyday people, like you and me. It is the way scientists collect and analyze new information or ideas.
In this example, you might wake up one Saturday morning without your cell phone. This observation is followed by a little bit of research. Thinking about the last place you saw it, you make a hypothesis. Checking your pants to confirm your hypothesis leads to a second observation. Now you have to go back and review what you did the day before.
Taking note
Investigating
It is suggested that ____.
Experiment
In conclusion
Share the result.
You can repeat any of the steps in the scientific method.
Observation uses the five human senses. We use reliable sources to support observations in research. The hypothesis is an assertion based on the If-then statement. Quantitative data contains numbers and qualitative data includes descriptions (e.g. 5cm, 10m or 50kg). You can then define your variables based on the type of data that you will be collecting. You can choose to use dependent or independent variables.
Research methodology can be improved by using scientific methods. In the research phase, we plan our study. We develop our questions. And we determine our expectations on how people and objects will react. Next, you will need to conduct the research using a survey or interview.
Then, once we’ve done our research and analyzed the results, we will compare them with what we anticipated. We will publish our results in both cases, whether we were correct or incorrect. We can still contribute to research if our findings are good, even if they were incorrect. It helps in the research. We make assumptions or notice problems and make observations after which we form a theoretical basis based either on deduction or by induction. And then, with the aid of an experiment we test our theory to see if it’s true. It is possible to propose a concept that people that drive bikes fast would meet an accident. Then, when we test the theory we find that it was incorrect but still proved that this theory does not apply.
