The following statements describe a concept: it was suggested by Karl Popper as a description of scientific method; scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypothesis that could conceivably be falsified by a test on observable data; a test that runs contrary to the prediction falsifies the hypothesis, otherwise it is corroborated. Which concept is being referred to?

The hypothetico-deductive method, described by Karl Popper, tests theories through falsifiable hypotheses.

A test result contradicting the prediction falsifies the hypothesis, otherwise the hypothesis stands corroborated.

There is no recognised hypothetico-inductive method, so that label is a distractor.

The inductive method reasons from particular observations to general laws, the reverse of Popper's deductive testing.

The descriptive method merely portrays a situation and does not centre on falsification.

Popper proposed falsifiability as the line of demarcation between science and non-science.