The Principles of Four Basic Steps of Scientific Stage: Problem, Hypothesis, Trial, Report
Forman Erwin Siagian *
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Abstract
Aim: To revisited four basic steps of scientific stage which consist of Problem, Hypothesis, Trial and Report.
Discussion: Scientific stage is a series consists of four consecutive steps which provide scientific explanation or even answer to research question based on observation, experiment, and comparison. These stages objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation. It can be a positive or negative explanations rely upon a certain approach, called the scientific method, for their justification. This explanation or answer, in the context of the most basic human virtue, is to make the life of its perpetrators and also other people better.
Conclusion: Scientific stage conducted through four consecutive basic and simple steps is at the heart of evidence based activity conducted by scholars and scientist.
Keywords: Scientist, scholar, research, observation, experiment, comparison