But when you decide how to dress on a particular day, you are doing problem solving, too. You may observe what the weather looks like through a window. You may go outside and see whether what you are wearing is warm or cool enough.
Scientists use an orderly approach to learn new information and to solve problems.
The methods scientists may use include observing to form a hypothesis, testing a hypothesis, separating and controlling variables, and interpreting data. Observing You observe all the time. Scientists try to observe as much as possible about the things and events they study so they know that what they say about their observations is reliable. Some observations describe something using only words. These observations are called qualitative observations.