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capable of being proven false. testable
testable
In Karl Popper's terminology there must be a way to prove a hypothesis false. That is what it means when scientists say that a specific hypothesis is a "testable hypothesis".
It is necessary for a hypothesis to have two things, the words IF and THEN. Another word can be added, BECAUSE. A successful hypothesis has to have all three.
The hypothesis must be able to be proved true or false.
capable of being proven false. testable
testable
The hypothesis must be able to be proved true or false.
The hypothesis must be able to be proved true or false.
In Karl Popper's terminology there must be a way to prove a hypothesis false. That is what it means when scientists say that a specific hypothesis is a "testable hypothesis".
It is necessary for a hypothesis to have two things, the words IF and THEN. Another word can be added, BECAUSE. A successful hypothesis has to have all three.
A hypothesis must be testable and able to be proved false because it is an educated guess based on other facts connected to the hypothesis. It must be testable so other scientists can agree with the hypothesis. It is not able to be provable because it is an educated guess.
A hypothesis is testable when we can determine experientially whether it is likely to be false or more likely to be true. That means we must be able to distinguish between it being true or false observationally. Thus, equally important to finding observations that confirm the hypothesis, we must be able to specify what it is we expect to see in the case that the hypothesis is false: the hypothesis must be falsifiable in order to be testable.It must be able to be proved right or wrong.
It must be proven from right to wrong
The hypothesis must be able to be proved true or false.
If a hypothesis does not generate any observational tests, there is nothing that a scientist can do with itRead more: Explain_why_a_hypothesis_must_be_testableANS2:If an hypothesis is not testable, it cannot be provable false. If it cannot be provable false it cannot be supported. If it cannot be supported, it adds nothing to science. An hypothesis is a "no-win" proposition. You need to try to prove it false. That being the case, you either prove it false (lose) or you fail to prove it false (lose). Failing to prove an hypothesis false is the basis for supporting it.
A scientific theory or hypothesis must be able to make predictions that can be tested. It must be possible to design an experiment so that there is one outcome if the hypothesis is true and a different outcome if it is false. This is what is meant by saying that a hypothesis is testable or falsifiable. If such as experiment is carried out and the outcome is not as predicted then the hypothesis must be rejected and replaced by an alternative hypothesis - or a modified version.