but whatever

u literally cant make a hypothesis without observing a natural phenomena

I'm gonna finish this lab report because I am procrastinating by being here

how are u gonna know what the dependent variable is if u dont know what it is lol

well say the experiment was "what happens when I smash 2 bricks together"

whats the observed phenomena there

?

thats not an experiment

I mean before the hypothesis

it is

experiment is step 3

u cant do step 3 without having done step one and 2 first

this conversation is sight for sore eyes

i know it hurts thinking people are out here that think hypothesis is step one like u could make a hypothesis without a dependent variable

ask a question lol

u think thats step one wtf

It doesnt necessarily need to be an observation

you just need to be curious about something

is my wife making meatloaf for dinner? now whats step 2

Well do you think she is making meatloaf or not?

you gotta ask that question to your self

to form the hypothesis

then the experiment is to go and ask her

do u know what science does

thats a very broad question

its not

science proves teh cause to an effect

thats it

do u know what an independent variable is

the variable you can change

the variable u must change

not can u have to systematically manipulate the independent variable which is the cause of the effect

the independent variable is the cause to ur natural pbserved phenomena

the natural observed phenomena is the dependent variable

also its the effect

the effect we are trying to find the cause of

how are u going to even start doing science without knowing the dependent variable

yes, that is true. By can I meant the one you will change but in principle you dont have to. sometimes you leave it the same for a bit to see how the results vary with no change

because sometimes they do

and its useful to know