Introduction to the scientific method

The sky is blue

The sky is a nice colour

There are a lot of clouds in the sky

It isn't raining

Making Observations

Drawing Conclusions

Designing an Experiment

Analysing the Experimental results

Adding more variable to one of the experimental group to get the same effect

An experiment can only prove the hypothesis is true

Testing is more reliable when using a larger sample size

Septic conditions are more reliable than sterile conditions

An effect in half the samples proves a hypothesis

antibiotics don't cure viral diseases

some viral disease make you feel bad

Obesity is a leading cause of health problems

obesity can't help you avoid heart attacks

A medicine which has a positive physical effect

A compatible medicine which works with some patients

When a patient has a psychological improvement as they think they are taking a medical cure

A medicine which has no effect on a patient

A controlled experiment is one in which all possible effects from variables are eliminated

An experiment done under any conditions

An experiment where external factors aren't an issue

A reliable tested out on a variety of people who have no characteristics in common

A hypothesis that no possible solution exists

A hypothesis proving that a number will always have zero as a factor

A hypothesis in which something is being proved false in an effect or not experiment

A hypothesis in which there are no factors which had an effect

Where an explanation is guessed based on personal feeling

A prediction is made because other people seem to think so

A generalization based on specific details

A specific idea based on generalized observations

It should be a general principle that holds across space and time

It should agree with available observations

It should be testable and potentially falsifiable. In other words, there should be a way to show the hypothesis is false; a way to disprove the hypothesis.

It doesn't have to be completely true or false, can be open to interpretation

The scientific method changes depending on the experiment being done

Inductive and deductive reasoning are both part of forming a hypothesis and predicting an outcome

It doesn't matter whether the hypothesis is biased as the experiment isn't dependant upon objectivity