Watching boats The passage below describes some of the steps of the scientific method. Select the part of the passage that describes testing the hypothesis.
Hint: To test the hypothesis, you make a series of observations or design and carry out an experiment that will support or reject the hypothesis.

What is the difference between an observational study and an​ experiment? choose the correct answer below. a. in an​ experiment, a treatment is applied to part of a population and responses are observed. in an observational​ study, a researcher measures characteristics of interest of a part of a population but does not change existing conditions. b. in an​ experiment, a treatment is applied to an entire population and responses are observed. in an observational​ study, a researcher measures characteristics of interest of an entire population but does not change existing conditions. c. in an​ experiment, a researcher measures characteristics of interest of a part of a population but does not change existing conditions. in an observational​ study, a treatment is applied to part of a population and responses are observed. d. in an​ experiment, a researcher measures characteristics of interest of an entire population but does not change existing conditions. in an observational​ study, a treatment is applied to an entire population and responses are observed.