Scientific Method

By Melissa Kelly, About.com Guide

A hypothesis is just a possible answer, an educated guess, to the question you formulated in step 2. Your hypothesis must be testable. Example: If eating chocolate causes people to break out, then people who eat more chocolate will have a greater instance of breaking out.

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• Observe a Phenomenon
• Formulate a Question
• Create a Hypothesis
• Test the Hypothesis
• Formulate the Conclusion

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