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Sportsfan2111

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on: Jul 22, 2018
How is a hypothesis different from an idea? Why is this important?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What is the scientific process? Why is it important to observe, not just see? What is the difference?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A hypothesis is a specific question, constructed and meant to be tested. It comes after some serious observation and analysis. An idea is a thought, which may or may not lead to a hypothesis. The distinction is important because science is in the business of testing hypotheses, which can then either be confirmed or contradicted by experiment. A successful theory in science is one that generates hypotheses that are repeatedly confirmed.

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The process includes observation, hypothesis, experimentation, and analysis and interpretation. The process dictates certain elements that must be contained, to make sure that what we are doing is testable and repeatable, in a word, provable.

Observations require thought and comparison to our present knowledge. Seeing is just seeing without attaching any particular significance to what we see.


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