The systematic, stepwise and logical approach, adopted by the scientists for their research work, is called the scientific method.
Various steps of Scientific method:
The following are the main 5 steps of the scientific method
1) Systematic observations, 2) Formation of hypothesis, 3) Testing the validity of hypothesis 4) Formation of principle and 5) Formation of law
1) Systematic observations:- To find the solution of any problem first scientists performed a well planned experiments and collect data related to that problem by taking the scientific observations.
2) Formation of hypothesis:- To explain the data obtained from experiments, then he forms a working principle which is called hypothesis.
3) Testing the validity of hypothesis:- On the basis of the above hypothesis so formed, some conclusions are drawn and then some predictions are made which are then verified by performing the new experiment.
4) Formation of principle:- If the conclusions and predictions get verified by the experiments, the hypothesis is given the form of the principle, otherwise that hypothesis is modified and a new hypothesis is made which after the testing of its validity, is given the form of a principle. Thus a hypothesis is first tested through experiments and then it is called the principle.
5) Formation of law:- The principle so established is generally true only for some limited phenomena is found to be true for all the phenomena, observations and facts, it is given the form of a law. Otherwise, the principle is modified and then
