<Dd> 1 . Use your experience: Consider the problem and try to make sense of it . Gather data and look for previous explanations . If this is a new problem to you, then move to step 2 . </Dd> <Dd> 2 . Form a conjecture (hypothesis): When nothing else is yet known, try to state an explanation, to someone else, or to your notebook . </Dd> <Dd> 3 . Deduce predictions from the hypothesis: if you assume 2 is true, what consequences follow? </Dd> <Dd> 4 . Test (or experiment): Look for evidence (observations) that conflict with these predictions in order to disprove 2 . It is a logical error to seek 3 directly as proof of 2 . This formal fallacy is called affirming the consequent . </Dd>

Discuss the necessary steps in hypothetico deductive research process