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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: ACS Publications - Journal of Chemical Education - The Scientific Method as a Scaffold to Enhance Communication Skills in Chemistry. Sep 19, 2026
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The scientific method. Jul 06, 2026
Add new Web site: Maricopa Open Digital Press - Introduction to Statistics and Statistical Thinking - The Scientific Method. Apr 24, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The scientific method (PDF). Aug 02, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Southern Queensland Pressbooks - How To Do Science - Science and the Scientific Method. Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Darwin and the scientific method. Dec 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Stanford University Libraries - Digital Stacks - The Scientific Method and its Limitations. Sep 11, 2024
Add new Web site: ACS Publications - Journal of Chemical Education - The Scientific Method as a Scaffold to Enhance Communication Skills in Chemistry. Jul 31, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Redefining the scientific method: As the use of sophisticated scientific methods that extend our mind. Jun 19, 2024
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Scientific Method. May 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - The scientific method. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - Scientific Method Steps in Psychology Research. Jan 03, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Nevada, Reno - College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources Extension - The Scientific Method. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: WebMD - What is the Scientific Method? Aug 15, 2023
Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - What are the steps in the Scientific Method? Jun 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Scientific Method. Apr 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Scientific Method. Aug 22, 2022
Media added. Oct 15, 2021
Cross-reference added. Jul 31, 2019
Added information on scientific hypotheses and scientific theory. Sep 04, 2018
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Science and the scientific method: Definitions and examples. May 10, 2018
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Scientific Method. Jan 15, 2018
Add new Web site: San Jose State University - Logic of the Scientific Method. Feb 14, 2017
Add new Web site: San Jose State University - Logic of the Scientific Method. Feb 14, 2017
Added art showing a flow chart of the scientific method. Aug 16, 2011
Added art showing examples of independent and dependent variables. Aug 12, 2011
New article added. May 01, 2009
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