Types of Scientific Experiment

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	Types of Scientific Experiment 1. Testing a specific hypothesis. (This is the type usually discussed by philosophers of science). 2. Exploratory: when one does not know what the outcome might be. 3. Amassing data. 4. Designing and testing new types of apparatus.