| A methodical approach to the acquisition of knowledge |
| Name of Step | What is Done in Step |
| 1. Observation | Measure with Metric System |
| 2. Question | Be Curious! |
| 3. Hypothesis | Falsifiable Educated Guess |
| 4. Prediction | If Hypothesis is true, then Dependent Variable responds, when Independent Variable is manipulated. |
| 5. Experiment | Manipulate Treatment group Unmanipulated Control group |
| 6. Analysis | Compare with Statistical Test Allowing 5% for Chance error |
| 7. Decision | Reject Hypothesis Cannot reject Hypothesis |
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