What is the difference between science and scientific method? Science is about a systematic system and logical research approach. The systematic system is used to discover how the things in this world work.
However, in the term of science and scientific method, actually the word science itself has an original name from Latin called Scientia. Scientia means a knowledge that is demonstrable and reproducible.
So science has a general meaning as a reliable and credible data that based on fact, not only assumption.
1. Do a general observation
It is only general view. So for example, you have speaking course grade that is very bad while you think it is because you do not listen carefully to the other voice source. Then you think maybe there is a connection or relationship between them.
2. Draw a question that is measurable, affordable and reliable
Example related number 1, because you need to make a question so literally the question is like this: Is there any relationship between listening skill and speaking skill?
3. Form a hypothesis
This hypothesis is tentative and will be proved due to the findings you find later after doing the processes. The example related to previous example, you make hypothesis like this: it must have connection or relationship because what you listen will be absorbed by the brain and it will be the source for your brain to produce speaking.
4. Test your hypothesis by doing some experiment
To prove all your assumption, you need to test it. You can do the quantitative or qualitative research methodology. Do the collecting data by taking some instrumental such as questionnaire, interview or taking grades from your speaking and listening classes.
5. Analyze the data
Analyzing your data by transcribing or counting using SPSS and other more things. Then you will process to the next question.
6. Draw conclusions whether it is the same like your assumption before or not.
Based on your data analysis, you can draw a conclusion from that data.
7. Publish the result
Besides it is for your sake so that your project is originally made by you, by doing the publishing, it will help further research.
Those are about the science and scientific method areas. You can in the future do the easy but analytical research later on.
However, in the term of science and scientific method, actually the word science itself has an original name from Latin called Scientia. Scientia means a knowledge that is demonstrable and reproducible.
So science has a general meaning as a reliable and credible data that based on fact, not only assumption.
Then if we talk about the scientific method, it will go like these:
1. Do a general observation
It is only general view. So for example, you have speaking course grade that is very bad while you think it is because you do not listen carefully to the other voice source. Then you think maybe there is a connection or relationship between them.
2. Draw a question that is measurable, affordable and reliable
Example related number 1, because you need to make a question so literally the question is like this: Is there any relationship between listening skill and speaking skill?
3. Form a hypothesis
This hypothesis is tentative and will be proved due to the findings you find later after doing the processes. The example related to previous example, you make hypothesis like this: it must have connection or relationship because what you listen will be absorbed by the brain and it will be the source for your brain to produce speaking.
4. Test your hypothesis by doing some experiment
To prove all your assumption, you need to test it. You can do the quantitative or qualitative research methodology. Do the collecting data by taking some instrumental such as questionnaire, interview or taking grades from your speaking and listening classes.
5. Analyze the data
Analyzing your data by transcribing or counting using SPSS and other more things. Then you will process to the next question.
6. Draw conclusions whether it is the same like your assumption before or not.
Based on your data analysis, you can draw a conclusion from that data.
7. Publish the result
Besides it is for your sake so that your project is originally made by you, by doing the publishing, it will help further research.
Those are about the science and scientific method areas. You can in the future do the easy but analytical research later on.