IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH PROBLEM
GOALS AND CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS FOR RESEARCH
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a guess on how something works
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a tested conclusion accepted as true
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a story explaining how the world works
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an assumption
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Detailed explanation-1: -In science, a theory is a tested, well-substantiated, unifying explanation for a set of verified, proven factors. A theory is always backed by evidence; a hypothesis is only a suggested possible outcome, and is testable and falsifiable.
Detailed explanation-2: -The resulting theory of conclusions is not a decision-theoretic logic but does, through the aforementioned limiting property, provide a line of demarcation between decision and conclusion (i.e., nondecision) logics of acceptance. The theory of conclusions therefore complements decision-theoretic inference.
Detailed explanation-3: -A hypothesis is an assumption made before any research has been done. It is formed so that it can be tested to see if it might be true.