A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for some event or problem. For a scientific hypothesis, the scientific method requires that one can test it.[1][2]
- ↑ The term comes from the Greek, hypotithenai meaning "to put under" or "to suppose".
- ↑ Bunge, Mario 1967. Scientific research I: the search for system. Berlin: Springer Verlag, Chapter 5, p222.