hy·poth·e·sis
/hīˈpäTHəsəs/
noun
plural noun: hypotheses
- a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth.
"the hypothesis that every event has a cause"
A hypothesis is an assumption, an idea that is proposed for the sake of argument so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.
An hypothesis is a specific statement of prediction. It describes in concrete (rather than theoretical) terms what you expect will happen in your study. Not all studies have hypotheses. Sometimes a study is designed to be exploratory.
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