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Strictly speaking, hypothesis is the step BEFORE a theory. A full sequence of scientific inquiry looks something like this: 1) Observation. Something is noticed; 2) Description. The effect is broken down into its components. 3) Conjecture. An idea is formed. 4) Hypothesis. A notion of what's causing what is formed. 5) Experiment. The hypothesis is tested; this is repeated until consistent results are obtained. 6) Theory. A more complex and testable version of the hypothesis is enunciated. 7) Additional experiments.
A shorthand version of the foregoing is simply "Hypothesis testing."
In CASUAL conversation, people are wont to say, "I've got a theory about that" when what they ought to say is, "I have a hypothesis" or "I have a conjecture." The easy use of "theory" consistently leads non-scientists to assume that scientifically-established facts are weakly supported. Listen to a Creation v. Evolution debate and somebody will surely say, "Evolution is only a theory."
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. A scientific hypothesis can become a theory if?
A scientific hypothesis can become a theory if the hypothesis is tested extensively and competing hypotheses are eliminated.
What best describes the difference between a scientific hypothesis and a scientific theory?
A hypothesis requires confirmation to advance to the status of theory.
What is the correct order for the steps of scientific method?
The correct steps for the scientific method are: Observation Hypothesis Theory Scientific Law
What will a hypothesis become if its is supported by repeated experimentation?
A scientific theory
A hypothesis that has been verified by many scientists?
scientific theory
What primary difference between a scientific theory and a hypothesis is that a theory is?
A scientific theory is more elaborated than a simple hypothesis and generally is validated by experiments.
What is the relationship between hypothesis and scientific theory?
A hypothesis is what you believe will happen when you do an experiment. Scientific theory is when you use the data you have received from an experiment and create an idea that best suits your results. A theory can be related back to your original hypothesis, the experiment can prove whether your hypothesis was right.
How does a scientific theory compare with a hypothesis?
A hypothesis is an educated guess on the possibility of some phenomena while a scientific theory is when the phenomena is confirmed by observation.
What is the step after the hypothesis in the scientific method?
A theory
A possible explanation that may be tested by experimentation?
A Scientific Theory.
What is a proposed explanation for a scientific problem?
that would be either a hypothesis or theory
What is a proposed a scientific idea is called?
hypothesis
