Generalizations formed by induction are not necessarily hypotheses. Hypotheses should also be tentative explanations for observations or solutions to problems.
Hypotheses reflect past experience with similar questions .
Hypotheses are not just blind propositions, but are educated guesses based upon available evidence. Multiple hypotheses should be proposed whenever possible . Hypotheses must be testable via the hypothetico-deductive method . Predictions made from hypotheses must be testable by making observations or performing experiments. This limits the scope of questions that science can answer.