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Chapter 4 |
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| Writing and Evaluating Hypotheses | |
| Hypothesis Quality Scale | |
| Level | Criterion |
| 0 | No explanation. For example, a nonsense statement, a question, an observation, a single inference about a single event, person, or object. |
| 1 | An inappropriate explanation. For example, ". . . because it’s magic" or ". . . because the man pushed a button." |
| 2 | Partial appropriate explanation. For example, incomplete reference to variables, a negative explanation, or analogy. |
| 3 | Appropriate explanation relating at least two variables in general or nonspecific terms. |
| 4 | Precise explanation with qualification and/or qualification of the variables. A specific relationship between the variables is provided. This is an hypothesis. |
| 5 | In addition to level 4, a test is given. |
| 6 | An explicit statement of a test of an hypothesis is given. An inference is made by the teacher that the student who states a test also hypothesizes adequately and precisely. |
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