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A student wants to know which part of his local beach contains the most turtle nests during nesting season. He makes a prediction to investigate based on his observations and plans his experiment. He performs the experiment to collect data. Once his experiment is completed, he gathers his evidence and analyzes it to form a conclusion.

What part of the scientific method is needed to form a better hypothesis for this investigation?

Ask a question.
Construct a hypothesis.
Do background research.
Analyze the evidence.

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Definitely c) background research!
User James Thompson
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Do background research

because after asking the initial question, the next step is to do background research in order to learn more about the topic and make a better hypothesis (educated guess).
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