what a hypothesis
A hypothesis is an explanation for a set of observations. Here are examples of a scientific hypothesis. Answer: Although you could state a scientific hypothesis in various ways, most hypothesis are either If, then statements or else forms of the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis sometimes is called the no difference hypothesis. The null hypothesis is good for experimentation because it's simple to disprove. If you disprove a null hypothesis, that is evidence for a relationship between the variables you are examining.