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The Scientific Method: A Research Process

	The Scientific Method Stage 5: Information Collection The scientist conducts an experiment to test the hypothesis.  For example, our chemist might design a test with two identical engines, one burning gasoline and the other burning the test fuel. She might measure the combustion efficiency of the two engines by tracking how much fuel they consume compared to their power output and sampling the exhaust gases they produce for signs of incomplete combustion. <<< Click on the next stage to the left to proceed.

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Filson, R. (2005). "In Search Of....Real Science." Access Excellence. Retrieved July 16, 2005, from the National Health Museum Web site: http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TL/filson/

Kuhlthau, C. C. (2004). Seeking meaning: a process approach to library and information services (2nd ed.). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Kuhlthau, C. C. (n.d.). Information Search Process: A Search for Meaning Rather Than Answers. Retrieved July 15, 2005, from the Rutgers University, Department of Library and Information Science Web site: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/Search%20Process.htm

Woods, M. (2005). "Science." In The New Book of Knowledge: Scholastic Library Publishing. Retrieved July 13, 2005 from the Grolier Online database.

Created July 2005 by Andy Spinks