If you use the scientific method to acquire knowledge,

a. you will be verifying scientific hypotheses directly.
b. you will be helping to build a growing body of knowledge that has a very high probability of being true but is subject to change.
c. you will avoid making hunches and offering tentative explanations.
d. you will find that only one hypothesis can explain the data or predict an outcome.


ANS: B

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