When you speculate about the cause of a problem, you are forming a ________, a potential explanation that needs to be tested
A) hypothesis
B) prospectus
C) quandary
D) supposition
E) direct analysis
A
Explanation: A) A hypothesis is a working explanation for a problem that can be tested. The ability to test is the key to a true hypothesis. You may suspect, for example, that X causes Y, but you do not have a true hypothesis unless you can actually test to see if X causes Y.
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