Authors : Sujay Rao Mandavilli

Volume/Issue : Volume 10 - 2025, Issue 7 - July

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/25jul669

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Abstract : The main objective of this paper is to present the 360 degree approach to hypothesis formulation and evaluation. The main reason why we present this approach is because we believe that existing approaches are somewhat inadequate, and because scientific method may itself be somewhat in need of an overhaul. We begin this paper by defining research, research design, and by reviewing existing approaches to hypothesis building and formulation. The core essentials and the barebones of our approach are also then detailed, along with some of our supplementary proposals. Therefore, the multiple independent hypothesis model is presented as a part of this paper along with its core concepts and hypothesis evaluation mechanisms. This is also additionally achieved and accomplished by means of a few suitable illustrative examples. Lastly, the core concepts of logic are explored along with their bearing on the concepts and core essentials of this paper. We do hope, expect and anticipate that this paper will become a core and an intrinsic component of twenty-first century science.

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