Steps to a Successful Scientific Research Project
- Research Question
- Check out science fair links for possible research questions
- Hypothesis
- Background research:
- Experimental design
- Identify the target population to which your conclusions will apply.
- Identify your sampling strategy.
- Identify your independent variable and how you will to manipulate it
- Identify your dependent variable and how to measure it.
- Perform the experiment
- Collect multiple sets of data
- Analyze data
- Conclusions