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No, often there is not enough evidence either way.

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Q: Does it have to be possible to disprove a hypothesis?
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What are two possible outcomes to prove an experiments hypothesis?

To prove the hypothesis. To disprove the hypothesis.


Is it possible to prove a hypothesis by conducting rigorously controlled experiments?

Rigorously controlled experiments can provide evidence to support or refute a hypothesis, but they cannot definitively prove a hypothesis. Scientific hypotheses are continually evaluated, refined, and occasionally rejected based on new evidence and further experimentation.


What if your hypothesis is correct?

Your hypothesis is supported by the data. You cannot prove a hypothesis because somebody may do some other experiments and disprove it eventually. You can only disprove a hypothesis or indicate that it is supported by the data.


How is a hypothesis is tested?

conducting experiment


Why is the snorg hypothesis not scientific?

There is no experiment or possible evidence that could prove that invisible snorgs do not exist. So the Snorg Hypothesis is not scientific. On the other hand, the "Negative Snorg Hypothesis" (that they do not exist) is scientific. You can disprove it by catching one.


What can experiments prove?

An experiment can prove or disprove a hypothesis.


In order to prove or disprove your hypothesis you must?

be testable


What do scientists do if they disprove their hypothesis?

they become nerds and never get married


How did your experiment prove or disprove the hypothesis?

That depends on the result of the experiment. The experiment is a way to test a hypothesis, and it's completely fine if the experiment disproves the hypothesis. Ideally, though, the experiment will support the hypothesis.


Explain in detail the three possible outcomes that may result from this research?

The question is very poorly specified so this answer is simply a wild guess at what the questioner might want. Three possible outcomes of any research, designed to test some hypothesis, are: (a) evidence in support of the hypothesis; (b) evidence disproving the hypothesis; or (c) evidence that can neither prove (support) nor disprove the hypothesis.


What does it mean if a scientist can't reject a hypothesis?

It means that she or he has to accept that the existing hypothesis appears to be true.


Does the qualitative observations have to be related to what your hypothesis is?

Original Answer:I would tie it back in and show whether it helped to reject/fail to reject your hypothesis.Different Answer:A hypothesis (Informal definition), is basically a question based on anticipated results. The experiment is created to try to prove or disprove that hypothesis. When conducting an experiment, only three results can occur. That is the hypothesis is confirmed, the hypothesis is incorrect, or the results were inconclusive. Of the three possible answer, the third is the most maddening as it could indicate that something is wrong with your experiment.Sometimes the most fascinating discoveries come from observations that are either inconclusive, or disprove a hypothesis.