00:03
Hi there.
00:04
This question is asked about the scientific method.
00:11
And the scientific method in terms of numbers of steps may differ from location to location that prints it, but it's still saying the same thing.
00:22
Whether they split it into three steps or four steps or five steps, it's still following the same process.
00:27
The scientific method itself doesn't change.
00:30
It's just that when people try to split it into a different number of steps, they, some just bite it down more, while some lump other things together.
00:39
But basically what happens is you start off by making some observations and you use your previous knowledge.
00:58
This allows you to produce a testable hypothesis.
01:05
It has to be something testable.
01:07
Hypothesis that you can't test is not very useful.
01:13
So this testable hypothesis is based upon that information and those observations you made in that first step that i listed there.
01:21
Then you go ahead and test.
01:24
And by testing, that means you experiment and you experiment and you experiment.
01:32
In other words, you repeat it more than just once.
01:40
And then you use the results to formulate your conclusion.
01:48
And your conclusion should typically either support or refuse your hypothesis.
02:01
You can never say that you have proven your hypothesis.
02:03
There is no such thing as proving a hypothesis.
02:06
You can support it, and the more and more information that you get to support it, it becomes more strongly supported and may eventually become a theory, but you can never say prove in hypothesis or you should never say prove in hypothesis in conjunction with each other.
02:24
So let's look at our choices here...