scientific hypothesis

idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world (primary features of a scientific hypothesis: falsifiability, testability)
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scientific hypothesis

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Key Facts

  • scientific hypothesis is a type of hypothesis[1].
  • scientific hypothesis is a type of idea[2].
  • scientific hypothesis is the opposite of unscientific hypothesis[3].
  • scientific hypothesis's has cause is recorded as scientist[4].
  • scientific hypothesis's facet of is recorded as philosophy of science[5].
  • scientific hypothesis's replaced by is recorded as scientific theory[6].
  • scientific hypothesis's has effect is recorded as hypothetical scientific object[7].
  • scientific hypothesis's has characteristic is recorded as falsifiability[8].
  • scientific hypothesis's has characteristic is recorded as testability[9].
  • scientific hypothesis's different from is recorded as research hypothesis[10].
  • scientific hypothesis's different from is recorded as alternative hypothesis[11].
  • scientific hypothesis's studied by is recorded as science[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hypothesis[1] and idea[2]. scientific hypothesis is the opposite of unscientific hypothesis[3].

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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Different from research hypothesis, alternative hypothesis
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