The scientific method
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The scientific method is the process by which scientists collectively over time construct an accurate, representation of the world (Appendix). The first step is to observe and describe some phenomenon which is of interest. Next, a hypothesis is developed to explain the phenomenon. In the third step, the hypothesis is used to make predictions about new phenomena or the results of these new phenomena. Fourthly, these predictions are tested by experimentation or further observation. Steps three and four are then repeated until consistent results are obtained. This often involves several different experimenters studying the same phenomena. Then the hypothesis can either be accepted or rejected, depending on whether the experimental results/observations agree with the stated hypothesis. In the case of why the grass around one house is brown, short and dead, while that around a neighboring house is green, tall and alive, the difference in the grass on the two lawns is the observation - scientific method Step 1. The hypothesis could be made that the grass at the first house is brown, short and dead because it has not been watered sufficiently in the dry summer month
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