How to Use the scientific method in a Sentence

the scientific method

noun
  • This—the scientific method and the skills to put it to use—is the real soul of science.
    Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The record shows, however, that what occurred was the scientific method in action.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • We’re trained to think human experience, bias and opinion have no place in the scientific method.
    Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Again, these ideas do not represent any agenda other than the pursuit of knowledge through the scientific method.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2023
  • These qualities together make the scientific method work on a day-to-day basis.
    Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In many cases, after all, such concerns are neither based on the scientific method nor draw on unique expertise.
    Oren Cass, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2017
  • The more outspoken ones accuse Loeb of abandoning the scientific method and misleading the public in pursuit of fame.
    Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Turner spent his career testing those notions with the scientific method.
    Alla Katsnelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Many of these humans follow the rules and procedures outlined by the scientific method and conduct themselves with integrity.
    Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The journey with which scientific discovery and change occurs has been distilled into what is referred to as the scientific method.
    Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • Peirce studied chemistry and worked as a government land surveyor, and his philosophical views were deeply indebted to the scientific method.
    Mark Edmundson, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • People want quick and straightforward scientific answers, but the scientific method cannot be streamlined.
    WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
  • In a field ostensibly dominated by scientific discovery and rigor, many results fail to meet the basic standards of a sixth-grade science teacher’s lecture on the scientific method.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The Enlightenment and all of its hallmarks—the scientific method, deductive reasoning, a willingness to question authority and established truth—rely on investigative searches for the truth.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Still, sociological influences and professional preferences aren't part of the scientific method.
    Richard Panek, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
  • To me, there is no more indelible heroine in contemporary cinema than Jennifer Ehle’s virologist, Ally Hextall, who quietly, determinedly, develops a humanity-preserving vaccine simply by applying the scientific method.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024

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