John Arthur Thomson Quote

The first step in beginning the scientific study of a problem is to collect the data, which are or ought to be "facts."


Introduction to Science, Chapter III (p. 63), Henry Holt & Co. 1911


The first step in beginning the scientific study of a problem is to collect the data, which are or ought to be facts.

The first step in beginning the scientific study of a problem is to collect the data, which are or ought to be facts.

The first step in beginning the scientific study of a problem is to collect the data, which are or ought to be facts.

The first step in beginning the scientific study of a problem is to collect the data, which are or ought to be facts.