What is the origin of Hypothesis?
Question and options
What is the origin of Hypothesis?
- induction by simple enumeration
- the method of analogy
- the method of agreement
- All of the given options are correct
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D - All of the given options are correct
A hypothesis may originate in induction by simple enumeration (generalising from observed instances), in analogy (reasoning from a resemblance to a known case) or in the method of agreement (noting a factor common to every instance of a phenomenon). Each of these is a recognised source of hypotheses, so all of the given options are correct.
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