LibGuides: PHY 101- Physical Science I: Scientific Method

Scientific Method Definition

The Scientific Method can broken down into four steps:

Formulating a problem
Observation and experiment
Interpretation
Testing the interpretation

(See Chapter 1 of your textbook)

Useful Library Books

How the Great Scientists Reasoned by Gary G. Tibbetts
ISBN: 9780123985040
Publication Date: 2012-12-17
The scientific method is one of the most basic and essential concepts across the sciences, ensuring that investigations are carried out with precision and thoroughness. This book teaches the basic modes of scientific thought, not by philosophical generalizations, but by illustrating in detail how great scientists from across the sciences solved problems using scientific reason.
Theories of Scientific Method by Robert Nola; Howard Sankey
ISBN: 9781317493495
Publication Date: 2014-12-18
What is it to be scientific? Is there such a thing as scientific method? And if so, how might such methods be justified? Robert Nola and Howard Sankey seek to provide answers to these fundamental questions in their exploration of the major recent theories of scientific method.

The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method

Below is a video that examines the basic elements of the scientific method: defining and researching the problem, forming a hypothesis, gathering information through experimentation and observation, analyzing the data, forming a conclusion, and communicating the results. Practical applications of the scientific method, such as testing new medicines and analyzing the performance of sporting goods, are included as well.

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