This step gives an investigation a specific direction or focus.
Observation
Question
Hypothesis
Analysis
As researchers begin their study, they must examine what they already know about their topic of investigation. Based on that information, they form a hypothesis. The hypothesis is
a conclusion about what is going to happen in the experiment.
a question about what is going to happen in the experiment.
a guess about what is going to happen in the experiment.
a prediction about what is going to happen in the experiment
Writing the hypothesis in the “if†and “then†format makes it
Easier to predict
More accurate to analyze
Testable
Hypothetical
If a scientist gathered all the data and information and then based on the data they have, they tell us “what the data indicates†happened. This is
concluding
Predicting
Analyzing
Supposing
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