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Published on Nov 19, 2015
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By: Julian and Estevan
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Alvarez's first step was a surprising observation of the gap between two periods of time. However, the first step to the scientific method is to develop a question.
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This observation is an important detail to remember. This is because although we are told to experiment using the 7 step process, the Alvarez Case (an important case that scientists believe and schools teach) did not follow it. We learned that Alvarez was not even close to being in order when it came to these steps.
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The one thing that intrigued me was that Alvarez repeats the hypothesis step 7 times! The fact that he does this supports the claim that experimenting in science is not linear. For example, "Scientific investigations often involve repeating the same steps many times to account for new information and ideas" (How Science Works Doc). Very true.
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Alvarez repeats the ask questions step multiple times. This is due to multiple incidents where him and his group were wrong about their past hypothesis, thus causing them to ask more questions about why the KT boundary looked catastrophic and sudden (the impact of the asteroid).
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Because they asked all these questions, they found out more information that would narrow down the search for what happened between the two periods of time.
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