Not All Hypotheses Are Testable

question 61

Multiple Choice

Not all hypotheses are testable. One must avoid hypotheses that are phrased in a fashion that is too open-ended. Which of the following hypotheses appears to be MOST amenable to scientific test?

• A) Bad things come in threes.
• B) An important figure will die in the coming year, maybe some time in the month of May or June or even maybe July, but it could be another month.
• C) If one Oscar-winning actor dies, two more will die in that same month, followed by two months during which no Oscar-winning actors die.
• D) Men will sometimes ask women for dates after they have consumed some number of alcoholic beverages.

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