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hey what is making a educated guess on the results

of an experiment based on observation and the hypothesis is called making

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Sir Tannen offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 76 #
Emeryville, CA, US | 1 month, 2 weeks ago (2 minutes after post)

A gut feeling?

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An Unknown Location | 1 month, 2 weeks ago (17 minutes after post)

Hypothesis: This is an educated guess based upon observation. It is a rational explanation of a single event or phenomenon based upon what is observed, but which has not been proved. Most hypotheses can be supported or refuted by experimentation or continued observation.

Theory: A theory is more like a scientific law than a hypothesis. A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by detached groups of researchers. One scientist cannot create a theory; he can only create a hypothesis

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An Unknown Location | 1 month, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

Hypothesis is a theoretical explanation

Proposition is a specific prediction of an outcome in a specific situation

Theory is an explanation that has a great deal of empirical support

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An Unknown Location | 1 month, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

You read the results of the experiment and their methodology of observation and derive a guess as to how accurate the experiment is. Then you decide what conclusions if any can be drawn from their experiment.
Unless the experiment is based solely upon a limited area, I would think the observation would have to include a lifetime of traveling.

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An Unknown Location | 3 weeks ago (3 weeks, 2 days after post)

It’s called. . .A guestimate.

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