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by josie III on September 15th, 2009
Check method. Develop new hypothesis
by GREMLIN on September 13th, 2009
use what you learned to change the theory
by guardian of naught on October 23rd, 2009
Write down what you did, or think you did, wrong. Reform hypothesis and/or experiment.
by zuhair on October 23rd, 2009
take all my result and communicate to others who's working in this field
by salmonella on September 20th, 2009
Apply the data and results obtained from the experiment to a new hypothesis or extrapolate on an alternative hypothesis.
by -Slick- on September 15th, 2009
Try something else, drink a beer or something.+5
by -Icy- on September 15th, 2009
drink a beer and think about it some more +5
by evandad on September 15th, 2009
Apply force
by pouncey on September 15th, 2009
I hate that word.
by Anonymous on September 15th, 2009
i use to know this... i think you reject it, or you change it and do the experiment over again. or both
by overeducated on September 13th, 2009
As in other kinds of writing and research, the only ethical thing is to abandon the hypothesis or thesis, possibly re-examine the new evidence, and come up with a new one.
It's true there are all kinds of sophistry to aid you in proving a belief/thesis that you've discovered you can't logically support, but why would you want to?
I always tell my writing/debate students that the best way to be right is to, well, BE RIGHT. That may mean abandoning some long-held beliefs, but why not? What are people clinging to?
by griffin on September 13th, 2009
break everything back to basic concepts and rebuild
by ConservativelyLiberal on September 13th, 2009
Examine the evidence and use that to propose a new hypothesis. Then do new testing.
by xprofessor on September 13th, 2009
Abandon it and make a new hypothesis. This will suggest new experiments. Keep plugging away...
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