Scientific Approach: Developing a Model
Observations :
Hypothesis:
Experiment:
Model (Theory):
Further Experiment:
Natural phenomena and measured events; universally consistent ones can be stated as a natural law
Tentative proposal that explains observations
Procedure to test hypothesis; measures one variable at a time
Set of conceptual assumptions that explains data from accumulated experiments; predicts related phenomena
Tests predictions based on model
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