Question

The historical method uses what six things?

Answer 1

1. Drawing conclusions
2. Analyzing data
3. Interpreting  data
4. Collecting data
5. Reporting data
6. Research data

Answer 2

The historical method is used to understand and to narrate past events and facts that help us to understand the present and to (in a limited extent) anticipate the future.

Because history is more complex than natural sciences, and depends on observations, and points of view of different people, the method historians use to determine the validity of the information is different than the experimental method of scientists, and consists in the following steps:

• Collecting data
• Researching data
• Interpreting data
• Analyzing data
• Interpreting data
• Conclusions.