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The word "hypothesis" comes from a Greek word which meant "to suppose." The original word referred to a summary of the plot of a drama.

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Can you write a question using the word hypothesis?

"What does hypothesis mean?" "What is your hypothesis on the John F. Kennedy assassination?" "Can you come up with a hypothesis for how life is on Earth?"


What is the Latin word of hypothesis?

The Latin word for Hypothesis is Positum.


What is the root word of hypothesis?

The root word of "hypothesis" is "hypo," which comes from the Greek word meaning "under" or "less than."


What is the plural of hypothesis?

The plural word for hypothesis is hypotheses.


What should you do when your data will not support your hypothesis?

come up with new hypothesis


What come after a hypothesis?

A theory


How can you put the word hypothesis in a sentence?

What is the hypothesis of a science question


How do you use the word hypothesis in a sentence?

hypothesis was already published. Einstein never liked this hypothesis .


Is a hypothesis the phrase immediately following the word then is called the hypothesis of a statement?

OK, need to re-word that a bit due to restrictions on asking a question on this site. If only we could use commas and other characters."Is a hypothesis, the phrase immediately following the word 'then', called the hypothesis of a statement?"No, the phrase immediately following the word "then" is the conclusion. They hypothesis is the phrase following the word "if".However, answering the rest of the question, the hypothesis would be called the hypothesis of a statement.


What does form a hypothesis mean?

It's the Greek word ΥΠΟΘΕΣΙΣ. ΥΠΟ- = Sub- . -ΘΕΣΙΣ = Position, standpoint. Hypothesis = Grounds lain, supposition, presupposition, presumption, infrastructure. In Greek, (ΘΕΜΑ) stands also for: case, cause, matter, affair.


If your experiment does not support your hypothesis you should change your data to give support to the hypothesis. true or false?

False- The hypothesis is your prediction of what you expect to happen. If the data does not agree with your hypothesis you simply explain why your hypothesis did not come true and possibly investigate variable which would allow your hypothesis to come true.


True or false If your experiment does not support your hypothesis you should change your data to give support to the hypothesis?

False- The hypothesis is your prediction of what you expect to happen. If the data does not agree with your hypothesis you simply explain why your hypothesis did not come true and possibly investigate variable which would allow your hypothesis to come true.