suppose you perform an experiment and the resulting data do not support your hypothesis?

Question

suppose you perform an experiment and the resulting data do not support your hypothesis.
what is the next step you might take?

Answer 1

write your report showing how you were wrong, try to include why you were wrong too. being wrong is part of science. then make a new hypothesis that is supported by your new evidence, design a new experiment that can test this new hypothesis and run it and see what happens.

Answer 2

Science does not require faith, blind or otherwise. It is tested. Continually. If it is found to be in error the theory is amended. Scientists & scientifically-minded rational thinkers are not wedded to any "truth". If it's wrong, out it goes. Scientists words are not taken as fact. Every high-school student confirms the basic workings of the scientific method & the results of experiments for themselves for this very reason. So unless you are home-schooled or attend some weird anti-science religious school you DO see with your "own eyes in person" that the "claims" made by science are accurate. Individual scientific laws do not affect every part of the universe, only that part that is within its sphere of influence. You don't need to know everything to be pretty sure you are right. You can test. That is what experiments are for. Experiments are deliberate attempts to disprove a theory. This is how science works. A fact you would know IF you had a masters in psychology. Or did you sleep through that lecture? No-one has faith that the scientists are right or honest, not even other scientists. As soon as a theory is developed the others rush to disprove it. Again, you would know this if you had even a passing aquaintance with scientific methodology. Clearly you do NOT understand the scientific method.

Answer 3

The next step is to form a NEW hypothesis that might explain the new data. Then you test the new hypothesis.



Best wishes and good luck.

Answer 4

Keep doing the experiment until the data supports you. Keep to your convictions. You are right, if the universe says otherwise, it is wrong!!

Answer 5

Change the hypothesis is usually the best solution. That's after you check everything else out.