Which of these is the best reason for doing more background research after making an observation and before forming a hypothesis? to find the answer without having to do an experiment to prevent making the same mistakes made in a prior experiment to fill the space in your lab report to make your data agree with prior experiments If your data led you to conclude that your hypothesis was rejected, which of these should you do next? Write a report declaring the experiment to be a failure. Throw out your results and try again to get data that proves your hypothesis. Form a new hypothesis and repeat the steps of the scientific method. Try to figure out why your data is incorrect.