Can a hypothesis be partially verified?

[Procrastinate]

I have a practical report and I have a hypothesis which basically states that the values exhibit a linear trend before eventually plateauing (levelling out).

The graph did exhibit a linear trend but it did not plateau. Does this mean my hypothesis has been supported, falsified or partially supported?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Millimole]

I would be inclined to say that your hypothesis was partially correct. I wonder, however, if perhaps your hypothesis isn't a conglomeration of two separate hypotheses. The first, predicting a linear trend, is supported by your data, while the second, predicting a plateau, is falsified.

 

[ehild]

Mayn't you reach that plateau if extending the measurement range?

ehild