Scientific Method

Scientific Method

Like the social science, Sociologists also use scientific method to extract necessary information about the Society. Scientific method is a structured process through which scientific knowledge is formed and this method includes thorough observation and obviously verification. Now we will see the steps of scientific method used in Sociology or even in any field discussed below-

·         First you have to select a problem which is to be resolved

·       After choosing the problem, 2^nd step would be making thorough observation and gathering related data

·       After successfully collecting data, a researcher has to make the classification of the data as a next step in the scientific method.

·         Creating an effective hypothesis is the next step

·  After having done with all the above steps, a researcher has to make generalization of the whole research

·         As a last step of scientific method one will be doing the verification process of the findings.

There above mentioned steps are inevitable for a scientific method which also can be used in any psychology research as well.