Test the hypothesis and collect data. Analyze data. Draw conclusion. Communicate results.

Several types of studies exist within the scientific method— experiments, descriptive studies, case studies, surveys, and non-descriptive studies. In an experiment a researcher manipulates certain variables and measures their effect on other variables in a controlled environment.

The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answer questions. A process like the scientific method that involves such backing up and repeating is called an iterative process.

The scientific method is also a form of empiricism. An empirical method for acquiring knowledge is one based on observation, including experimentation, rather than a method based only on forms of logical argument or previous authorities.

The scientific method attempts to minimize the influence of bias or prejudice in the experimenter. Even the best-intentioned scientists can’t escape bias. That’s the job of the scientific method. It provides an objective, standardized approach to conducting experiments and, in doing so, improves their results.

The origin of modern scientific method occurred in Europe in the 1600s: involving (1) a chain of research events from Copernicus to Newton, which resulted (2) in the gravitational model of the solar system, and (3) the theory of Newtonian physics to express the model.

1 : of, relating to, or exhibiting the methods or principles of science. 2 : conducted in the manner of science or according to results of investigation by science : practicing or using thorough or systematic methods scientific advertising scientific baby care a scientific boxer.

scientific (adj.) 1580s, from French scientifique, from Medieval Latin scientificus “pertaining to science,” from Latin scientia “knowledge” (see science) + -ficus “making, doing,” from combining form of facere “to make, to do” (from PIE root *dhe- “to set, put”).

Scientific management is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. Scientific management is sometimes known as Taylorism after its pioneer, Frederick Winslow Taylor.

scientific discipline – a particular branch of scientific knowledge; “the science of genetics” science. natural history – the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals.

Science has always been defined by its disciplines – by its areas of focus, study, training, specialties, and subject matters. Just like physics, biology, or chemistry, psychology is a scientific discipline.

Scientific Disciplines Represented at ABRCMS

• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. a.
• Cancer Biology. a.
• Cell Biology. a.
• Chemistry. a.
• Developmental Biology and Genetics. a.
• Immunology. a.
• Microbiology. a.
• Neuroscience. a.

Physical science

• Physics.
• Chemistry.
• Earth science.
• Space Science or Astronomy.
• Biochemistry.
• Microbiology.
• Botany.
• Zoology.