STAGES OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY

The Pattern of scientific inquiry or investigation:

1. Identify the problem
2. Selecting preliminary hypotheses
3. Collecting additional facts
4. Formulating a refined explanatory hypothesis
5. Deducting concequences from the refined hypothesis
6. Testing the concequences deducted
7. Applying the theory

Scientist in action:

Seven stages are identified in every inquiry. Genuinely scientific action must follow these seven stages.