What Is a Hypothesis

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Multiple Choice

What is a hypothesis?

• A) an idea about the laws that govern phenomena
• B) a testable statement about the way variables are related
• C) a reasoning process that proceeds from specific to general
• D) a belief based on a researcher's objective sense of reality

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