scientific method
noun
: principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge involving the recognition and formulation of a problem, the collection of data through observation and experiment, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses
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The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) announced in a press release on Wednesday, May 8, that detectives used DNA comparison, among other scientific methods, to determine that the remains belonged to Gerald Francis Long, who was originally from Minnesota.
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Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
The medical examiner reported that there was no scientific method to determine how long the babies had been frozen.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 3 May 2024
With this intellectual lineage, conspiracy theorists are not about to back down from their truths, because their own scientific method possesses a historical claim as deeply entrenched as ours.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Characters being smart, caring about each other, figuring out how their magic works using scientific methods, a vast and detailed world.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2024
By weaving together the Native nations’ ancestral and oral histories with advanced scientific methods—including genomic analysis—the authors were able to confirm that the woolly dog existed for at least 5,000 years.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
The facility was dedicated to the study of more scientific methods of vegetable production.
—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
This kind of hybrid approach to marine management, combining local involvement and knowledge with modern scientific methods, is likely to increase success, according to marine conservation researcher André.
—Tiare Tuuhia, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
But successful polls, in principle, offer a scientific method of representing a wide cross section of the public by giving (nearly) everyone the chance to express their opinions on a set of issues without sizable costs.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
The medical examiner reported that there was no scientific method to determine how long the babies had been frozen.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 3 May 2024
With this intellectual lineage, conspiracy theorists are not about to back down from their truths, because their own scientific method possesses a historical claim as deeply entrenched as ours.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Characters being smart, caring about each other, figuring out how their magic works using scientific methods, a vast and detailed world.
—Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2024
By weaving together the Native nations’ ancestral and oral histories with advanced scientific methods—including genomic analysis—the authors were able to confirm that the woolly dog existed for at least 5,000 years.
—Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
The facility was dedicated to the study of more scientific methods of vegetable production.
—USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
This kind of hybrid approach to marine management, combining local involvement and knowledge with modern scientific methods, is likely to increase success, according to marine conservation researcher André.
—Tiare Tuuhia, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
But successful polls, in principle, offer a scientific method of representing a wide cross section of the public by giving (nearly) everyone the chance to express their opinions on a set of issues without sizable costs.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Apr. 2022
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“Scientific method.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scientific%20method. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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