Description of the Scientific Process


The following document is intended to be a guide for high school students who wish to conduct original research, especially for science fair projects.  It is broken up into brief sections for the website, but an Acrobat Reader file (.pdf) is also available.  The Guide for Using Excel for Statistics and Charts and the Statistical Examples in Excel are resources to help students use Excel to analyze and present their data.

Introduction

Observation and Finding a Problem to Study

Designing Your Experiment

Running Your Experiment

Analyzing Your Data

Interpreting Your Results

Communicating Your Results

Glossary of Terms

Appendix: Guide for Using Excel for Statistics and Charts

Description of the Scientifc Process Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf)

Guide for Using Excel for Statistics and Charts Adobe Acrobat File (.pdf)

Statistical Examples in an Excel File (zipped)