Question

What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific method?
A) Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results.
B) Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, ask a question, draw conclusions, communicate results.
C) Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions, analyze results, communicate results.
D) Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, , draw conclusions, communicate results.

Answer 1

Hint: The scientific method of research is a series of steps that are followed in general while doing scientific research. It involves asking questions about a subject, making a hypothesis about it, designing an experiment to test it, check whether the results of the experiment agree with the hypothesis or not and after coming up with the conclusion, communicate about the result to others in the scientific world.

Complete step-by-step answer:
Whenever a scientist (or any person of science, in general) comes across a subject or topic upon which he wants to research, he/she must follow a proper sequence of steps known as the scientific principle or scientific method of research.
The scientific method involves the following in this proper sequence.
First the person must collect information and ask questions to know more about the topic. Then after studying the gathered information, he makes a hypothesis (which is a proposed explanation for the topic in question). To test the correctness of the hypothesis, he designs an experiment and conducts it. If the results agree with the hypothesis, he continues further and draws up his conclusion. If not, he makes a change in the hypothesis. After drawing up the conclusions, the person communicates his conclusions and results to other people in the scientific world.
Hence, the correct option is A) Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate results.

Note: The scientific method must not be rote-memorized but understood properly by reading the explanation above. The scientific method is actually very logical and intuitive if understood and thought about properly.
If the student properly understands the full process of the principle rather than mugging it up, it will help him a lot not only from the examination point of view, but in many common problems even in daily life.