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When we say "the data support a hypothesis," we mean that the data ______.

A. agree with the hypothesis
B. disagree with the hypothesis
C. were used to make the hypothesis
D. were not used to make the hypothesis

User Mchasles
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The answer is A. agrees with the hypotheses.

supports means that it helps, so B. and D. are wrong.
we gather data AFTER we make a hypotheses, so it can't be used to make the hypotheses, so C. is wrong.
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I think it's A because support means to agree
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