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A statement predicting a relationship or pattern that can be tested using evidence.

A statement that can be tested using evidence, often predicting a relationship or direction of change.

An enquiry question expresses this as a question, while a hypothesis is a testable statement predicting an outcome. For example, an aim could be to investigate differences in environmental quality around a regenerated urban area. A possible question is: ‘How does environmental quality vary between regenerated and nearby non-regenerated sites?’

Distinguish a question from a hypothesis: a question asks something; a hypothesis makes a prediction that evidence can test.

When explaining your own fieldwork, state your actual enquiry question or hypothesis and identify the river or reach investigated.

A hypothesis is a prediction, not a conclusion. Decide whether the evidence supports it rather than assuming the expected pattern must occur.

A testable prediction or statement that an investigation can support or challenge using evidence.

A testable statement predicting a relationship or pattern in a geographical enquiry.

A prediction that can be tested against evidence collected during an investigation.

The question asks what happens; the aim states the purpose; the hypothesis predicts the answer. A question does not have to assume an increase: it leaves the answer open for investigation.

A testable prediction about a geographical pattern or relationship.

A testable statement predicting a relationship or pattern.

A testable prediction about a relationship or pattern that can be supported or challenged by evidence.

A statement predicting an outcome or relationship that can be tested using evidence.

A hypothesis goes a step further by predicting a result: ‘Sections with coarser beach material have steeper gradients.’ Evidence may support this prediction or challenge it; the investigation should not select only observations that agree with it.

A prediction made at the start of an investigation that can be tested using evidence.

A statement predicting a relationship or outcome that can be tested using evidence.

A prediction made at the start of an investigation that can be tested against evidence.

A testable prediction about a pattern, difference or relationship.

A prediction made at the start of an enquiry that can be tested against evidence.

A testable statement predicting a relationship or pattern that an investigation can compare with evidence.

An enquiry may use a hypothesis: a testable prediction, such as ‘The river is wider at the downstream sites’. The investigation collects evidence to assess that prediction; it should not be designed only to find results that agree with it.

A testable prediction that a geographical enquiry can investigate.

A prediction made before an investigation that can be tested using evidence.

Hypothesis

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AQA GCSE Geography · 8035

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Edexcel GCSE Geography A · 1GA0

Edexcel GCSE Geography B · 1GB0

OCR GCSE Geography B · J384