Which of the Following Statements Regarding the Differences Between a Hypothesis

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding the differences between a hypothesis and a theory is TRUE?

• A)A hypothesis is an educated guess and a theory is a scientific explanation.
• B)Hypotheses are never tested,but theories are tested.
• C)Theories are the foundations of hypotheses.
• D)A hypothesis is tested using quantifiable data and theories are tested using subjective data.

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Definitions:

Exponential Smoothing

A weighted moving average forecasting technique in which data points are weighted by an exponential function.

Simple Moving Average

A statistical method used to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different subsets of the full data set.

Responsiveness

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Mean Squared Error

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