A blank is a tentative prediction about how empirical events or attributes will be related or patterned?

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1. SmartAZ says:

   May 23, 2011 at 8:33 pm

   the·o·ry
   [thee-uh-ree, theer-ee] Show IPA
   –noun, plural -ries.
   1. a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena: Einstein’s theory of relativity.
   2. a proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural, in contrast to well-established propositions that are regarded as reporting matters of actual fact.
   3. Mathematics . a body of principles, theorems, or the like, belonging to one subject: number theory.

   con·jec·ture
   [kuhn-jek-cher] Show IPA noun, verb, -tured, -tur·ing.
   –noun
   1. the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
   2. an opinion or theory so formed or expressed; guess; speculation.
   3. Obsolete . the interpretation of signs or omens.
   –verb (used with object)
   4. to conclude or suppose from grounds or evidence insufficient to ensure reliability.
   –verb (used without object)
   5. to form conjectures.

   hy·poth·e·sis
   [hahy-poth-uh-sis, hi-] Show IPA
   –noun, plural -ses [-seez] Show IPA.
   1. a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
   2. a proposition assumed as a premise in an argument.
   3. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
   4. a mere assumption or guess.

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2. Dynamic says:

   May 23, 2011 at 8:33 pm

   d) hypothesis

3. No Chance Without Bernoulli says:

   May 23, 2011 at 8:33 pm

   d)

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