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. 2019 Sep 12;15(9):e1007279. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007279

Fig 1. Traditional scientific method: Hypothesis-based deduction.

Fig 1

The central concept of the traditional scientific method is a falsifiable hypothesis regarding some phenomenon of interest. This hypothesis is to be tested experimentally or computationally. The test results support or refute the hypothesis, triggering a new round of hypothesis formulation and testing.