It is testable and falsifiable
Observation Experament Hypothesis
Usually the current 'answer' to a scientific problem would be called a theory. However when used in an experiment people refer to the current answer to a problem as the nul hypothesis and the new, to be tested, theory as the alternative hypothesis.
The hypothesis drives the investigation.
Discovery science is mostly about describing nature, whereas hypothesis-driven science tries to explain nature.
It is testable and falsifiable
Hypothesis
Observation Experament Hypothesis
The hypothesis drives the investigation.
Usually the current 'answer' to a scientific problem would be called a theory. However when used in an experiment people refer to the current answer to a problem as the nul hypothesis and the new, to be tested, theory as the alternative hypothesis.
The term hypothesis is used in science and statistics. I have included two links related to the these terms.In statistics, the null and alternative hypothesis are mathematical statements used in statistical decision making. An example of a null hypothesis is the mean of the population from which a sample was obtained is equal to 10. The mean of the data is sufficiently different from 10 can be used to reject the null hypothesis.As used in science, hypothesis is the initial idea suggested by observation or preliminary experimentation. See related links.
no a hypothesis is an educated guess
The hypothesis drives the investigation.
Discovery science is mostly about describing nature, whereas hypothesis-driven science tries to explain nature.
What is the hypothesis of a science question
If you do not know the answer to something, you can start by making a hypothesis.
A hypothesis is an educated guess.