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(Top) History. Elements of inquiry. Elements of integrity. Elements of reason. Scientific inquiry. Philosophy. Limits of method. Relationship with mathematics. See also. Notes. References. Sources. Further reading. External links. Scientific method. Part of a series on. Science portal. Outline. Category. Index. Glossary. Disambiguation. History.
About. Transcript. The scientific method is a logical approach to understanding the world. It starts with an observation, followed by a question. A testable explanation or hypothesis is then created. An experiment is designed to test the hypothesis, and based on the results, the hypothesis is refined.
The number of steps varies, but the process begins with an observation, progresses through an experiment, and concludes with analysis and sharing data. One of the most important pieces to the scientific method is skepticism —the goal is to find truth, not to confirm a particular thought.
