Topic > Methodology: the first steps of the scientific method

Have you ever asked a question or made an educated guess? These are the initial steps in the ongoing process of techniques known as the scientific method. The scientific method is used by many scientists to observe the nature of the world and formulate theories. This method includes several steps that involve different forms of reasoning and end with theories or laws. The steps to the scientific method are easy enough for a scientist, but they can be a long process. The first step towards a scientific method is to ask a question. Once you ask a question, you need to find the answers, so research comes next to find the data. As soon as the research has data, it will be able to formulate a hypothesis, but of course this is not the end. The hypothesis must then be tested to see whether it is true or false. Looking at the final result, if the hypothesis is false, asking a question seems so simple, but according to the course e-book scientists must "gather scientific facts through observation and measurement" (Tarbuck & Lutgens, 2015, p.33). . Through these scientific facts a question is formulated that leads to the hypothesis. Tarbuck and Lutgens describe that “investigators try to explain how or why things happen the way they observe,” by conducting a hypothesis (2015, p.33). Scientists are recommended to develop several hypotheses for their explanations. After creating hypotheses, experts begin to examine the predictions against nature. If a hypothesis fails, it is set aside, but when the hypothesis is successful it becomes “a well-tested and widely accepted view that the scientific community agrees best explains some observable fact,” also known as a scientific theory ( Tarbuck and Lutgens, 2015, p.33). The scientific method is a well thought out process, but once completed, there is success for every researcher who has been