Testability
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Testability The characterization of an hypothesis, proposition, statement, or claim, etc., such that it lends itself to some kind of systematic evidential evaluation of validity or applicability.
In order to be called scientific, an idea or hypothesis must be testable. This means that it must be possible to make observations which provide diagnostic evidence for or against the idea. (see also: science, scientific approach, pseudo-science, systematic evidence, evolution, anecdotal evidence, [conceptual] models, operational definition, critical thinking, theory [scientific], falsifiability, test)
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