| 科學方法（英语：scientific method）指的是檢查自然現象、獲取新知識或修正與整合先前已得的知識，所使用的一整套技術。 |
The scientific method refers to inspecting natural phenomena, to acquire new knowledge or to amend and integrate with existing knowledge, in order to create a more complete knowledge base. |
| 為了合乎科學精神，這方法必須建立於收集可觀察、可經驗（empirical）、可量度的證據，並且合乎明確的推理原則。 |
In order to conform with scientific thought, this method must be based on collecting observable, empirical, measurable data, in addition to conforming to explicit deductive reasoning. |
| 梅里亞姆-韋伯斯特辭典如此定義： |
Merriam-Webster dictionary provides this definition: |
| 科學方法是一種有系統地尋求知識的程序，涉及了以下三個步驟：問題的認知與表述、實驗數據的收集、假說的構成與測試。 |
The scientific method is a set of principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge, involving the following three steps: the recognition and formulation of a problem, the gathering of experimental data, and the formulation and testing of hypotheses. |
| 科學方法是一種持續不停的過程，通常其最初步驟是仔細觀察大自然，人們天生就有一種摘三問四的習性，他們時常會對於周遭現象想出一些奇奇怪怪的問題，進而發展出一些假說來解釋這些問題。 |
The scientific method is an unceasing process, ordinarily it begins by careful observation of the natural world, people are naturally inquisitive, they often come up with odd questions about phenomena around them, and then develop hypotheses to explain these questions. |
| 最好的假說會導致能被多樣檢試的預言。 |
The best hypotheses can lead to predictions that are verifiable through many experiments. |
| 基於檢試的結果，被檢查的假說可能需要加以改善或遭到毅然駁回。 |
Based on the results of these experiments, the hypothesis being tested may need additions or improvements or may suffer complete rejection. |
| 這整個循環，從預測、檢試到改善，可能會重複多次，甚至會無限期地重複，直到假說被改善到能夠給出預測符合檢試的數據，這時，就可宣布一個科學理論出爐了。 |
This complete cycle, from prediction and testing to improvements, can be repeated many times, so much so that the repetitions can be endless, until the hypothesis has reached the point, through receiving improvements, of being able to give predictions matching the experimental data, at this point, a new scientific theory can be announced. |
| 科學方法即是適切的驗證方法，所以在完整科學研究，以科學態度由動機發起，目的求其「真｣、「實｣、「存」、「在」之結果，於科學精神透過科學的過程方法，最後結果證實或證明。 |
The scientific method is the appropriate method of experimentation, so can be found in any complete scientific research, scientific attitude is present throughout the course of science and at the end produces confirmation or denial. |
| 也就是說科學性強調的，係為過程與結果互為的真實程度。 |
This is to say that scientific nature is to connect events and their outcomes with rigorous methods. |
