What is not a step in most scientific investigations

Question options:

1. developing a hypothesis to explain collected data

2. proving a theory and writing a new scientific law

3. collecting data through observation and measurement

4. observing and experimenting to test a hypothesis

Answer:

2. proving a theory and writing a new scientific law

Explanation:

Providing a theory and write a new scientific law is not a step of scientific investigation. To prove a law a theory, its take many years of research.

There are steps of scientific investigations below,

1. Make an Observation.

2. Form a Question.

3. Form a Hypothesis.

4. Conduct an Experiment.

5. Analyze the Data and

6. Draw a Conclusion.

These step of scientific investigation does not include to write a theory and scientific law.