How the scientific method is used to test a hypothesis.
Log in Monae P. 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Monae P.'s post “I thought a hypothesis wa...” I thought a hypothesis was an "if, then" statement, and not a prediction? • (185 votes) Esther Dickey 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Esther Dickey's post “Well, you could consider ...” Well, you could consider it to be both. If you say, "If I do X then Y will happen" you are predicting what will happen if you do something. (244 votes) John C Schermerhorn 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to John C Schermerhorn's post “a hypothesis is supported...” a hypothesis is supported (likely correct), a theory has lots of evidence to support it. What then Makes a theory become a LAW. Such as the Law of Gravity? Only difference i see is a law has a mathematical proof. Is this a correct assumption? or what Constitutes a law? • (64 votes) Davin V Jones 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Davin V Jones's post “Theories don't become law...” Theories don't become laws. Here is a good resource for defining how these scientific concepts relate: http://ncse.com/evolution/education/definitions-fact-theory-law-scientific-work C.C.Guan 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to C.C.Guan's post “If you can't really disap...” If you can't really disapprove a hypothesis the why do teachers always say you need more evidence? Is that not disapproving? • (45 votes) Gavin D. 2 months agoPosted 2 months ago. Direct link to Gavin D.'s post “You can never be completl...” You can never be completley correct, therefore they ask for more information only to see if you understand the question. (2 votes) Midnight crow 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Midnight crow's post “What if one time an exper...” What if one time an experiment works and the next it does not? • (27 votes) Emily Fung 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Emily Fung's post “Exactly, like others said...” Exactly, like others said if you do more experiments, then you will be sure to find out which info is credible. When I did experiments, my teacher asked us to write a summary about the results we got, so I tested out our hypothesis 3 times to find the average out of all of them, and I got pretty good info out of my experiment. I hope this helps you out! (29 votes) sushi 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to sushi's post “I've been told that the p...” I've been told that the proper way to compose a hypothesis is by using an if/then statement. But in the example above, it doesn't use an if/then statement. My question is, is there a proper way to write a hypothesis? If so, what is it? Thanks in advance:) • eunbee 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to eunbee's post “I think that there is no ...” I think that there is no definite format to writing a hypothesis, but as you said, yes there is a 'proper' and appropriate way to writing a hypothesis. Like the article says, a hypothesis must be testable, meaning we can do experiments with it to see if it is supported or not. I think usually non-testable hypothesis are something that are not exactly 'measurable' or 'observable', such as "Many people may think that red apples are attractive". There is no accurate way of measuring if people think that red apples are attractive. Yes, an if/then statement is a very safe way to write a hypothesis. One of the things that we must be careful when writing a hypothesis is that we should not make it a conclusion (an actual 'statement'!); for instance, "Red apples cause pimples." is a conclusion that could be obtained from an experiment, while "Red apples may cause pimples" might be a hypothesis. (30 votes) Nicholas Song 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Nicholas Song's post “I am using a new account ...” I am using a new account now, so I’ll ready my question. • (12 votes) Ivana - Science trainee 4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Ivana - Science trainee's post “Why do you think you get ...” Why do you think you get stuck at conclusions? Are you afraid to say what you mean? Have you ever taken Logic classes? I haven't but after quite a year it became habitual and 'easy' to conclude. Maybe you lack the theoretical part or you are just scared of those lab reports (my personal opinion but I may be wrong). Do not be afraid, and keep practicing. If you read dozens of Scientific articles you may get an idea of what 'Conclusions' look like. Also, analyze and share means what it says. Analyze the best way you can do (don't be too hard on yourself) and share with others (peers, professors, online, scicomm, etc). Good luck :D and keep asking questions :D (4 votes) Lauren Myers 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Lauren Myers's post “here's an idea pug someth...” here's an idea pug something into the same outlet as the toaster. if thing work, toaster broken. if thing don't work, outlet broken. • (12 votes) Kellen Schmid 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Kellen Schmid's post “Can a hypothesis be wrong...” Can a hypothesis be wrong. • (7 votes) Charles LaCour 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Charles LaCour's post “You can't be expected to ...” You can't be expected to come up with an accurate hypothesis every time, this is why you have to do observations and/or experiments to test the hypothsis. (8 votes) shawn.lawhun 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to shawn.lawhun's post “i thought a hypotheis was...” i thought a hypotheis was a educated gusse • (10 votes) shreyamundhada1 a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to shreyamundhada1's post “A hypothesis is a guess o...” A hypothesis is a guess of any kind. Of course, there is nothing that makes a guess 'educated'. It just means there is a possible logical explanation. That, too, is a guess, a hypothesis. (1 vote) LAWRENCEL 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to LAWRENCEL's post “Will humans be ever able ...” Will humans be ever able to fly • (9 votes) Ian Milligan 7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Ian Milligan's post “We can if you count Plane...” We can if you count Planes, Helicopters, Etc. (4 votes)Want to join the conversation?
However, yes the best way is to write an if/then statement, because it is formatting your prediction in a very testable way. You are saying 'IF I do this..' - which is the experimental portion- that 'THEN this will happen'- which is the prediction or 'educated guess' portion.
I was looking at the last step, iteration. At my school, they have taught us an extra step, which would be conclusion and analyze/share data. Could someone specify the definition of the conclusion and analyze/share data? I get the analyze/share data part, but I always get stuck on conclusions, especially so when I have to write lab reports.
