The scienteefic method as a cyclic oriterative process[1]
Thescienteefic method is a bouk otechniques for investigatinphenomena, acquirin newknawledge, or correctin an integratin previous knawledge.[2] Tae be termed scienteefic, a method oinquiry is commonly based onempirical ormeisurable evidence subject tae speceefic principles o raisonin.[3] TheOxford Dictionaries Online define the scienteefic method as "a method or procedur that haes chairacterisednaitural science syne the 17t century, conseestin in seestematic observation, meisurment, anexperiment, an the formulation, testin, an modification ohypotheses".[4] Experiments need tae be designed tae test hypotheses. The maist important pairt o the scienteefic method is the experiment.[5]
