Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

It's the initial building block in the scientific method. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A scientific hypothesis is a tentative, ...

An elaborate theory of predictions of a causal hypothesis consists of several falsifiable statements derived from the causal hypothesis. Statistical tests for the various pieces of the elaborate ...

For decades, a single overriding hypothesis has guided the majority of research into Alzheimer's disease, but after a string of failed major clinical trials, a small group of scientists is starting to ...