A physicist asserts that the scientific method has four steps:<ref> [http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/PHY_LABS/AppendixE/AppendixE.html] </ref>
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Although by no means conclusive, the following steps are used by a majority of scientists in their work::<ref> [http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/PHY_LABS/AppendixE/AppendixE.html] </ref>