Experimental+Research

=Experimental Research (Research Methods) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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"**Experiments** are the step in the [|scientific method] that arbitrates between competing [|models] or [|hypotheses]. Experimentation is also used to test existing [|theories] or new hypotheses in order to support them or disprove them. An experiment or test can be carried out using the [|scientific method] to answer a question or investigate a problem. First an [|observation] is made. Then a question is asked, or a problem arises. Next, a [|hypothesis] is formed. Then experimentation is used to test that hypothesis. The results are analyzed, a [|conclusion] is drawn, sometimes a theory is formed, and results are communicated through [|research papers].

"A good experiment usually tests a [|hypothesis]. However, an experiment may also test a question or test previous results.
 * Replication of results is "a standard procedure in the validation of any [|scientific discovery]."
 * "Science was long protected from [|fraud] by a built-in safety mechanism: to be generally accepted, experiments must be repeatable by others." - [|Wikipedia]


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 * ** Strengths, limitations and problems associated with use of the method: **
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 * Sources**
 * EMSE 8000
 * Experiment. (2011, January 18). In //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Retrieved 00:36, January 19, 2011, from []

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