A hypothesis is a statement that is meant to anticipate a potential outcome of an experiment. You can think of it as a prediction. Generally, scientists will structure their hypotheses using an “If/Then” format, to predict that IF “A” occurs, THEN “B” should follow as a result.  Here is an example: IF you invite me to your fancy wedding, THEN I will embarrass you when I stick nerf darts all over my body and shove a lightsaber up my nose. The Independent Variable here is “inviting me to your wedding.”  And the Dependent (measured) Variable is “me embarrassing you.” (Haven’t totally decided on a data measurement tool here.  Maybe we create an embarrassment Likert scale, or just return your embarrassment as a boolean value. Either way.) #Hashtag Always a bridesmaid..

A hypothesis is a statement that is meant to anticipate a potential outcome of an experiment. You can think of it as a prediction. Generally, scientists will structure their hypotheses using an “If/Then” format, to predict that IF “A” occurs, THEN “B” should follow as a result. 


Here is an example:


IF you invite me to your fancy wedding,

THEN I will embarrass you when I stick nerf darts all over my body and shove a lightsaber up my nose.


The Independent Variable here is “inviting me to your wedding.”  And the Dependent (measured) Variable is “me embarrassing you.”

(Haven’t totally decided on a data measurement tool here.  Maybe we create an embarrassment Likert scale, or just return your embarrassment as a boolean value. Either way.)

#Hashtag Always a bridesmaid..

(Source: amandalynferri)