When a researcher tests his or her hypothesis, he or she is often hoping to gather information that is consistent with a particular theory. what, more specifically, allows a researcher to say that he or she has "proven" a theory?
A research cannot say that he or she has proven a theory. Instead, a researcher can say that he or she has not been able to dispute the theory. While a theory cannot be proved, it remains provisionally valid until it is disproved.
