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Hypothesis (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia's topic entry on the scientific hypothesis, its role in the hypothetico-deductive method, and its distinction from a scientific theory.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
Source Typereference
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A community edited tertiary reference, used here for an uncontested topic definition and the standard hypothesis-versus-theory distinction, cross-checked during research against the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's own entry on the scientific method. Sources
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