http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDRZSIgoQ3562ivYh2008-09-26T05:17:28.303Zhypothesis Glossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology termsGoogle Notebook1110http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDRZSIgoQ3562ivYh/NDSdfIgoQ0tPDivYh2006-12-08T09:07:09.906Z2008-09-26T05:17:28.303ZHypothesis
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">Hypothesis</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">In </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSXVIgoQ8-eWgfYh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">scientific</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> terms, a </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQX9IgoQ4faYxIwi"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">statement</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQFYIgoQvsvmp_Yh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">proposition</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, or </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRZSIgoQufrL5vIh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">assumption</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> serving as </span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#2daa00;font-family:Tahoma">a tentative</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> or </span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#2daa00;font-family:Tahoma">proposed</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"><span> </span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQNsIgoQrIm_t_Mh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">explanation</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> of some </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQNsIgoQoK-tp_Yh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">phenomenon</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> or entity presented so that it is </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDQ3RIgoQ0_L2_bgi"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">amenable</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> to </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQqFIwoQmIfb5vIh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">tests</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> on the basis of </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQNsIgoQ6szzt_Mh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">evidence</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> which will either </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ5DIgoQiNu-mIMi"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">support</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> or refuse its acceptance.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">A scientific hypothesis </span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#2daa00;font-family:Tahoma">should not be considered an educated guess</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> – depending of course upon how one <span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ0HIwoQp6v9t_Mh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">defines</font></span></a></span> </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Verdana">‘</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">guess</span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Verdana">’</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> – the word </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Verdana">‘</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">speculation</span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Verdana">’</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial"> might better describe such guesses.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">(see also: </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQKlIgoQvJWG_5Uj"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">construct</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQtPIgoQ3eWf-fch"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">verification</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRhPIgoQ_eOymPoh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">confirmation</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRepIgoQkJ7MnKIj"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">hypothesis testing</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQqFIwoQyt7Jt_Mh"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">implication</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ0HIwoQ8_Chpe4h"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">Diagnosticity</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQFYIgoQiNmZqPch"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">viability</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQzhIgoQzeTNpvch"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">theory (scientific)</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQTrIgoQ14-k8Pwi"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">explanatory power</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#003300;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDSBsIgoQydGE2oci"><span style="color:#003300"><font color="#274e13">null hypothesis</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#60bf00;font-family:Arial">)</span></p>
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