Howdy, Stranger!

It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!

Sign In Apply for Membership

Categories

Hypothesis v. Statement

Quinn NguyenQuinn Nguyen Free Trial Member
edited May 2013 in Logical Reasoning 94 karma
Hi, I come across this problem in argument part questions: is a hypothesis the same thing as a statement?

I usually eliminate the wrong answer choices by matching them up to the stimulus (Ex. I eliminate the answer choice starts with "it is a premise " because I id'ed the statement as a conclusion). But some argument part questions describes statements differently (A) "This is a statement" or B) "this is a hypothesis for which the author supports." Should we eliminate answer choices that call it a hypothesis when it is a statement? Is there even a difference.

Ex: Is a "Fetuses develop fingernails in the third week of development" a statement?
Is " Scientists say fetuses develop fingernails in the third week" a hypothesis?


Show Related Discussions

Comments

  • J.Y. PingJ.Y. Ping Administrator Instructor
    edited May 2013 14206 karma
    Hey Quinn, hypothesis --> statements. In other words, statements are the superset, hypothesis are the subset. All hypotheses necessarily have to be statements.

    For example, "the world is round". That is and always has been a statement. Now, we don't consider it a hypothesis, but at some point, we did. Specifically, when everyone knew the world was flat, "the world is round" was a hypothesis.

    Does that help?
  • Quinn NguyenQuinn Nguyen Free Trial Member
    94 karma
    It helps! Thanks!
Sign In or Register to comment.