Scientific Method is a systematic approach to solve a problem by discovering knowledge, investigating a phenomenon, verifying and integrating previous knowledge. It follows a series of steps that evaluates the fact or the feasibility of a prediction through research and experimentation from where the information obtained. This is the best way yet discovered for separating the truth from lies and delusion.
Steps of scientific method are:
- OBSERVATION - Identifying the problem to solve
- HYPOTHESIS - Plan a tentative answer that is compatible with what you have observed
- Use and Testing the hypothesis with continued observations & controlled experiments
- Gathering and analyzing data
- Making conclusions
When consistency is obtained the hypothesis becomes a theory and provides a coherent set of propositions which explain a class of phenomena. A theory is then a framework within which observations are explained and predictions are made.