Difference between Hypothesis and Hypotheses
What is the difference between Hypothesis and Hypotheses?
Hypothesis as a noun is a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. while Hypotheses as a noun is used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. as a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. compare to theory, and quotation given there.
Hypothesis
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation.
(general) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
The antecedent of a conditional statement.
Hypotheses
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem that can be tested by further observation, investigation and/or experimentation. As a scientific term of art, see the attached quotation. Compare to theory, and quotation given there.
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