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as you stated: a hypothesis is the model (alone) for how things might be a theory is the hypothesis + corroborating observation if you have a set of observat
by throwawaymaths 2y ago
as you stated:
a hypothesis is the model (alone) for how things might be
a theory is the hypothesis + corroborating observation
if you have a set of observations and put forth a hypothesis from it (versus a hypothesis that has no observations backing it), it is automatically a theory. it may not be a good one but it is one nonetheless.