A hypothesis can be scientific and logical, but that does not mean it is true. ?

Question

To determine whether a hypothesis should be accepted as correct, it must be what.

Answer 1

Strictly speaking, a hypothesis is never accepted as correct.  

In order to make it a good theory or hypothesis, first it must be peer-reviewed in a public forum--usually a scientific journal.  This is important so that it can be properly criticized and people can attempt experiments that test the validity of the theory.

Next, of course, there has to be a way in which the theory can be tested experimentally.  If there is not an outcome of an experiment that could help to verify or disprove the hypothesis, then there is no way of knowing whether it is true or false.  It is therefore a bad theory.

Third, once experiments are done, the hypothesis should help explain the results of the experiment, and the outcome of the experiment must coincide with the hypothesis.

Fourth, the theory is even better if it is insightful to other areas of knowledge.  For example, the theory of evolution can teach us a lot about embryology, and psychology, though it is a biological theory.  Quantum electrodynamics can explain other happenings in chemistry, and therefore biology, etc.

If all these things happen, we have a very good theory in our hands!--one that is probably (but, strictly speaking, cannot be proven) true.

Answer 2

a hypothesis need not to be true.

you may confirm it is a true or false only after you have done the experiment and have some reliable and accurate results, then you can use the result to support/disagree with the hypothesis.  

Answer 3

A scientific hypothesis must meet 2 requirements:

A scientific hypothesis must be testable, and;

A scientific hypothesis must be falsifiable.

Falsifiability (or "refutability") is the logical possibility that an assertion can be shown false by an observation or a physical experiment. That something is "falsifiable" does not mean it is false; rather, that if it is false, then this can be shown by observation or experiment.

Finally, it is important to know that a hypothesis can never be proven true, especially with just one or a few experiments. Results from a scientific experiment can only support (or not support) a hypothesis. If a hypothesis is supported by a large number of experiments, it may then become a scientific theory, an idea that has wide acceptance in the scientific community.

Answer 4

Tested.

Answer 5

A hypothesis is an educated guess. Basically its what someone thinks will happen when an action is performed. I remember using these all of the time in science classes when we were doing experiments. I would say, I think this is going to happen when I mix A and B together. That would be a hypothesis.