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the answer is the scientist designs a scientific inquiry
To make a hypothosis scientists need to know their facts and remember a hypothosis is just a guess, scientists can be wrong.
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Scientists make observations.
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A scientist may create an hypothesis on the basis of their observations. If their observations are carelessly made or recorded then any hypotheses they offer will be inaccurate reflections of nature. A scientist may alternatively collect observations to test an hypothesis. If these observations are carelessly made or recorded then the conclusions that the scientist makes about the hypothesis could very well be incorrect. At the very least the conclusions they draw would not be based on sound evidence (because the observations are unsound).
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the answer is the scientist designs a scientific inquiry
To make a hypothosis scientists need to know their facts and remember a hypothosis is just a guess, scientists can be wrong.
The following step would be to collect data and make observations, so that a hypothesis can be formed.
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Scientists make observations.