Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Experimentation

Steps in conducting an experiment

1. Forming research questions and hypothesis, determine control, variables
2. Observations, and more observations
3. Collecting data
4. Analyzing data
5. Interpreting data
6. Presenting data

If by chance when you fail at any one of these steps, you go back to square one where you reshape the research question based on the observations and data gathered. I wonder which step am I at right now? I would say probably step 2. Step 2 itself takes a long time. The more observations done, there is a greater chance the hypothesis might be supported better.

I better hope my research question is not wrong from the start.