RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Scientists can gather their data by observing the natural world, performing an experiment in a laboratory, or by running a model. Scientists decide what strategy to use, often combining strategies. Then they plan a procedure and gather their data.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scientific knowledge is built as people come up with hypotheses and theories, repeatedly test them against observations of the natural world, and continue to refine those explanations based on new ideas and observations. Observations are essential to the process of science, but they are only part of the picture.

Detailed explanation-3: -To study the natural world, scientists use methods that are empirical, which means that they are grounded in observations and experimentation and are not based on opinions or feelings. Scientific inquiry refers to activities and practices involving scientists’ pursuit of knowledge.

Detailed explanation-4: -A scientist makes an observation of a natural phenomenon. She then devises a hypothesis about the explanation of the phenomenon, and she designs an experiment and/or collects additional data to test the hypothesis.

Detailed explanation-5: -The scientific method is a systematic process that scientists have developed to discover the principles of the natural world. It is a complex and variable process that differs in detail from scientists to scientists and discovery to discovery. However, it is possible to idealize the process of the scientific method.