i believe that it is possible to reach an accurate conclusion without a hypothesis but that is me science question and i really need help i've been thinking about it for so long my brain hurts...please give good answers! pleaase!!!
2007-09-05 14:18:39 · 7 answers · asked by *~Simplymyself~* 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
If you have a hypothesis, you can make a *reasoned* guess. That's not an accurate conclusion, but it's all we can come up with.
If you have no hypothesis, you have no basis for a reasoned guess, and all you can come up with is totally unreasonable.
Look at it this way. You know it's 106 miles to Chicago - but if you don't have any idea which direction you need to go, you're not likely to get there simply by driving 106 miles in any random direction.
2007-09-05 14:22:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because then they wouldn't be scientists.
When you make a conclusion without a hypothesis, it's not really what scientists call a "conclusion". They use the words a little differently than you do in normal English.
For a scientist, "hypothesis" means an idea they get from looking at just some data. They they go out and get more data to test the hypothesis, looking particularly for data that might prove the hypothesis wrong. If they can't find any data like that, after looking hard, then they conclude that the hypothesis is correct. Or they do find data that goes against the hypothesis, and they conclude that the hypothesis is wrong.
If you just look at some data, and make a conclusion from the data, without looking for more data, then you're not following the scientific method.
2007-09-05 14:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is possible, just much less likely.
The universe has almost infinite possibilities, so unless you think about something beforehand and focus your ideas, it is too easy to go off on a wild tangent and not come close to the right result.
One way of advancing science is to compare what you expect will happen with what actually happens. If you haven't taken the trouble to work out what is expected, then how can you know if what you are seeing is interesting or not? Common sense can only take you so far.
2007-09-05 14:39:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
~ The hypothesis is the idea, that must be tested and observed in order to draw a scientific conclusion.
~ Without an idea, you have nothing to test or conclude to be true, except your observations which may or may not be distorted, chaotic, or relevant.
~ Thus without a hypothesis there can be no factual conclusion, only an observed or sensed assumption of ones current perspective or perception can occur.
2014-09-06 13:31:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of it this way :
A hypothesis is - "I think it works like this"
An experiment is - "Based on how I think it works, let's check these things"
A conclusion is - "Based on these results, was I right?"
You can't answer the question in the last line if you never made the statement in the first.
2007-09-05 14:52:05 · answer #5 · answered by skeptik 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because they would have to know EVERTHING from every timeline in the earths long history and thats not possible.
2007-09-05 14:21:51 · answer #6 · answered by Chrys 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do your own homework
2007-09-05 14:21:05 · answer #7 · answered by snoopy 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋