5 1.13 The Scientific Method (5/105) -- Nutrition

5 1.13 The Scientific Method Steps in the Scientific Method 1. The first step is to come up with a scientific or research question that you are interested in investigating. 2. Based on your research question, a hypothesis or an educated guess is formulated. 3. The next step is to design and conduct the experiment. A good design should take into account what has been done previously. Thus, a thorough review of methods and results published previously should be undertaken. This will help prevent making the same mistakes and save a lot of time conducting the research. 4. Perform the experiment/research and collect results and draw conclusions. 5. If the hypothesis is not supported, then a new hypothesis/research question should be created and a new experiment be conducted. 6. Ultimately, researchers hope to publish their research in peer-reviewed journals. No References