Hypothesis in a sentence as a noun

... My hypothesis is there's a payoff racket going on.

There is no evidence for the hygiene hypothesis.

Oftentimes I'll just grab 4000 or so machines and run a MapReduce to test out some hypothesis.

When I was starting my company, I had to cold-call a few dozen people to test a hypothesis.

"Whether or not you believe his hypothesis, you cannot deny that he is not rigorously testing it.

[...] One commonly used hypothesis to explain the effect of Stockholm syndrome is based on Freudian theory.

"If we use gradual engagement, we will have more, higher quality signups" is a testable hypothesis.

In a world where reality itself is relative and subject to social proof, there is no need to double check your facts or to prove the null hypothesis.

If merely being exposed to a hypothesis you disagree with offends you, then I don't understand how you can ever hope to have a meaningful debate.

My hypothesis is that we need to reform the representation of programs to address this use case: I download the sources for a tool I use, wanting to make a tweak.

Climate science is about gathering data, putting forth a testable hypothesis and seeing how future data fits the prediction.

Interesting hypothesis, and he makes it look very scientific with the formulae and all, but it's still a wild crazy guess that delivers no actual falsifiable prediction.

[1] I mean, I know that's how science is supposed to work, but in these days of politicized everything it's cool to see someone say "new data disproves my previous hypothesis" and continue working to find the real truth.

"One way to confirm or deny this hypothesis would be to look at companies that previously were high-performing, and then see what the correlation between CEO pay and the change in market performance is within that group.

Those who want to intentionally attract media attention should present themselves as such, instead of pretending to be doing any kind of meaningful experiment and hypothesis testing.

This Economist post[0] addresses some of the many comments about statistical outliers:> The big surprise has been the support for the unabashedly elitist “super-forecaster” hypothesis.

The autoimmune hypothesis is yet another autism hypothesis that is advanced primarily by parents, because it offers more hope than a neurological etiology.

First, before you even start trying to get a meeting, these 2 things must both be true:• You have a strong hypothesis of what Company X’s specific pain point is, informed by research• If your hypothesis is right, there is a >50% chance that your product can actually solve their pain pointIf both of the above are not true, do not proceed.

Hypothesis definitions

noun

a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

noun

a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

See also: possibility theory

noun

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

See also: guess conjecture supposition surmise surmisal speculation