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Step 1: Observation
with ooe's eyes or a new idea that pops into one's head
Step 2: Hypothesis
important characteristics
questions.
• Tbeories are never set in concrete and are likely to cbange over
time.
poor science.
process.
2. Every discipline. branch of learning, hobby, and even games have its own
effectively and win without these terms and a common understanding of what
eacb means.
4. The card game ofRook has the kitty, the bird, shooting tbe moon, trumps, etc.
You couJd not play the game without a common set ofterms.
4. An experiment is conducted to test the correctness of the hypothesis
Experimental or treatment group - the individuals given the specific treatment or condition being
tested
5. Observation and measurement of the experimental and control groups and comparison of the data
obtained provides
6. Care must be taken that the experimental and control groups receive the same treatments except for
the specific effect
7. The recursive nature of the process: experiments provide more observations, and at any time more
observations may be
added in and more testable models may be produced; this may in turn lead to more experiments, and
the process
continues. This generally leads to progress towards more and more reliable models of how nature
works. Creative