The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's peer-reviewed entry on the scientific method, surveying observation, hypothesis, experiment and the historical disagreement over whether any one fixed method actually describes how science is done.
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PublisherStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
URLhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/scientific-method/
Source Typeacademic reference
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