The scientific method is a problem-solving process. Scientific
reasoning dictates that you begin with a hypothesis, a theory
whose truth you wish to test. Experiments are designed to test
the hypothesis by examining one variable at a time in order
to determine whether the theory is correct or incorrect. The 13
scientific method attempts to prove a theory by demonstrating
that the theory cannot be disproved. Thus, if the hypothesis is
correct then its opposites must be incorrect.