The scientific method is used by scientists and others around the world to test the validity of a claim in order for it to be proven (Reasoning in Science). There are ten main steps within the scientific method: Question, Hypothesis, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Controlled Variables, Control Group, Data, Conclusions, Publish Results, and Retest (Bozeman Video). The scientific method was developed in order to allow “the world to advance, evolve, and grow. All of today's advancements are based on the achievements of scientists who already did great work” (Reasoning in Science).
The first steps in the scientific method include question and hypothesis. In order to prove a statement to be correct or incorrect, there must first be a
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The independent variables are those that can be changed by the scientist; the dependent variables are those that change based on the scientists’ changes; the controlled variables are those that stay the same throughout the entire experiment (Bozeman Video).
While conducting the experiment, there will be different groups: the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group is the group in the experiment that will be tested based on the question and hypothesis. Whereas the control group is the group that will not be exposed to anything out of the ordinary. In an experiment, there could possibly be more than one experimental group, depending on what the scientist is trying to determine.
As the scientists go through with the experiment, they will collect data from each of the groups to compare to each other. At times, the data will be collected and placed on a graph with the independent variable across the x-axis, and the dependent variable along the y-axis (Bozeman Video). After collecting the data, the scientist will review everything from the experiment and determine if their hypothesis was correct or not. The scientist will write a conclusion based on the results to provide the world with an explanation on why the experiment went the way that it did. They will then publish these results, along with their experiment, to the