Examples of 'hypothesis' in a sentence

Meaning of "hypothesis"

A hypothesis is a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
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  • 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.
  • An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
  • The antecedent of a conditional statement.

How to use "hypothesis" in a sentence

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This hypothesis needs to be studied in future research.
There might be the hypothesis of the accident.
This hypothesis was at the basis of quantum mechanics.
I have not formed a hypothesis at the moment.
Such a hypothesis clearly can not be countenanced.
Purpose of the research research question or hypothesis.
That is a hypothesis that has not been confirmed.
You got excited about your hypothesis.
I have a hypothesis that may explain that.
The facts do not support this hypothesis.
Simplest hypothesis is usually the correct one.
Lifetime income and permanent income hypothesis.
This exonerating hypothesis does not hold water.
Hypothesis the revolver is the murder weapon.
I am working on a hypothesis about the murder weapon.

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A hypothesis has to be falsifyable or it can not be tested.
That is an economics hypothesis gauging investor behavior.
My hypothesis is that all life is not random.
Let us take your hypothesis a bit further.
This hypothesis is supported by two independent observations.
Our estimations do not confi rm this hypothesis.
This hypothesis is not borne out in reality.
Now let us use that as a working hypothesis.
But even this hypothesis is not so scandalous.
There are various grounds to support this hypothesis.
The warfare hypothesis just does not work.
Perhaps it does not fit our hypothesis exactly.
A simple hypothesis that does not lack interest.
There are two versions of the expectations hypothesis.
From this hypothesis we have made predictions.
We can therefore draw up the following hypothesis.
This hypothesis needs to be verified in further studies.
We may thus make the following hypothesis.
This hypothesis motivated the present study.
They are better suited to testing the hypothesis.
The previous hypothesis offers important ramifications.
In statistics this is called the null hypothesis.
Only hypothesis are possible for this description.
I have already used the equilateral hypothesis.
This hypothesis is also reported by other authors.
It has outlined its initital working hypothesis.
A hypothesis for ischemic papillary muscle dysfunction.
Statistical significance is fundamental to statistical hypothesis testing.
The hypothesis of an infectious process was ruled out.
Tom designed an experiment to test his hypothesis.
That hypothesis should be tested in further studies.
The pituitary hormones confirm the hypothesis.
Today that hypothesis is considered by experts as wrong.
Several elements to back up this hypothesis are lacking.
The hypothesis of a global war became permanent.

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