Dr. Jones, a botanist, observes that flowers of the same species express a slightly different shade of red coloring based on where the plants are located within her greenhouse. She hypothesizes that the more sunlight the flowers receive, the darker red the petals of the flower become.

What will Dr. Jones most likely do next in order to gain scientific knowledge about this phenomenon?

Question

Dr. Jones, a botanist, observes that flowers of the same species express a slightly different shade of red coloring based on where the plants are located within her greenhouse. She hypothesizes that the more sunlight the flowers receive, the darker red the petals of the flower become.

What will Dr. Jones most likely do next in order to gain scientific knowledge about this phenomenon?

anonymous · Answer

publish her hypothesis in a journal without experimental data

analyze data from a previous experiment on a different species of flowers

interpret her hypothesis without performing an experiment or gathering data

develop an experiment to test her hypothesis and produce data

thomaster · Answer

Of course she would develop a follow up experiment to prove her hypothesis.