A failure to support a hypothesis means that the theory that was the framework for the hypothesis should be discarded.

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A failure to support a hypothesis does not necessarily mean that the theory should be discarded. The theory may still have other supporting evidence or there may be other variables that have not been considered. The scientific method involves continually testing and refining theories and hypotheses based on new data and information, rather than simply discarding them after one failure to prove a hypothesis.

A Failure to Support a Hypothesis Means That the Theory