THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method

Introduction

The scientific method is a series of assumptions and procedures necessary to acquire knowledge in accordance with scientific standards. Such a definition to the three elements of the scientific method: (1) assumptions, (2) procedures, and (3) Consistency. Awareness of these three elements is a prerequisite for research in a study in the general case, and in particular. The next section explains how scientific hypotheses about the ontology and epistemology and methodology.

Presentation and Discussion of Concepts

Knowledge acquisition involves the production, development and testing of theory. Can establish and develop a theory occur without data. In particular, combinations or intuitive theory without regard to reproduce data and are able to develop structures and models and viable proposals for testing. Theory test requires test data to confirm or deny the proposals are intended.

Knowledge, secondly, is varying degrees of depth and width increases the depth of knowledge about the identification and description, interpretation and forecasting and control. Degree of sequence depth of this knowledge is tacitly in the "what", "How," "Why, When and how relates (Merton, 1979, p. 25). The corollary of this view of the depth and breadth of knowledge that is essential before the height of quality control.

Closely with these considerations in the scientific method used because it is the theory of bridge meta-logical and data. In other words, the scientific method, a number of assumptions and procedures is necessary to acquire knowledge in accordance with scientific standards. This definition focuses on three elements listed at the beginning of the scientific method of entry, i.e., (1) assumptions, (2) procedures, and (3) Consistency.

Consistency concerns the orientation of the assumptions and procedures in the light of scientific criteria (McGrath, 1982, p. 73).

Philosophy of science, for example, can questions of compatibility between different types of logic (e.g. discount, induction, abduction and retroductive), particularly in terms of causality necessarily be regarded as a regular and predictable. Knowledge of the science on the other hand, questions of consistency of criteria in scientific research and disciplinary intra-disciplinary.

Thus, the definition of the scientific method as a series of assumptions and procedures for the acquisition of knowledge that are compatible with (logically and socially is) scientific standards are defined. In addition to this awareness and social logic and research in general and case studies in particular, requires an awareness of the assumptions of the scientific method and procedures. Assumptions about the nature of reality (ontology), knowledge (epistemology), research (methodology). Procedure, on the other hand, involves data collection and analysis of anxiety and quality standards (Lincoln, 2000, p. 61).

Assumptions about the nature of reality at one extreme are events objectively and independently, on the other hand, are an objective phenomenon in isolation and each other. First glance, suggested that a perceived reality, while the latter view presupposes non-apprehensive coexistence of facts - deposit provision of services. That may be what is called the gap Jew scientific standards.

Epistemological presuppositions, is on the other hand, the nature of knowledge. In an extreme case, it is the value ...