The Scientific Method steps 5+6-Analysis and Conclusion

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When an experiment has been designed and performed, the next step is to analyse the results and deduce a conclusion or conclusions. The simplest analysis is whether the experiment lives up to the prediction and whether it proves the hypothesis on which the study was based.

The experiment must be seen as a reliable one and this is done by ensuring a large sample size which allows a statistical analysis to prove the effect is more than a coincidence. Once such test is the p test which test the probability that the outcome is a result of the variable and therefore reliable.

From the analysis a conclusion is drawn which brings to an end the scientific method. The conclusion again is the stating the hypothesis to be true or false. Once this is done, the process is started all over again as the results of one experiment will become the observations for the next study to further the knowledge gained or else an attempt to prove the opposite to what was concluded on this occasion is in fact true. This shows the cyclic nature of the scientific method.

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