One of the elements of the scientific method is that you gain knowledge through direct observation and experimentation.

• Empirical approach

• Observation

• Question

• Hypotheses

It is an answerable inquiry into a specific concern or issue.

• Empirical approach

• Observation

• Research Question

• Hypotheses

It is a systematic data collection approach.

• Empirical approach

• Observation

• Research Question

• Hypotheses

A tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables. It is  

    a specific, testable prediction about what you expect to happen in a study.

• Empirical approach

• Observation

• Research Question

• Hypotheses

The process of making inferences involves concrete data to rule out opinions.

• Experiments

• Analyses

• Conclusion

• Replication

A term referring to the repetition of a research study. Generally, with different

   situations and different subjects, to determine if the basic findings of the original

   study can be applied to other participants and circumstances.

• Experiments

• Analyses

• Conclusion

• Replication

A proof of scientific procedures.

• Experiments

• Analyses

• Conclusion

• Replication

The process of systematically applying statistical and/or logical techniques to

    describe and illustrate, condense and recap, and evaluate data.

• Experiments

• Analyses

• Conclusion

• Replication

This refers to the way in which the phenomena studied and categorized.

• Description

• Prediction

• Understanding/
  Explanation

• Does not say

This is the process of analyzing information to find out causes behind the

      phenomena.

• Description

• Prediction

• Understanding/
  Explanation

• Does not say