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VU UALIVE correlation (more walk, more weight loss) or a positive correlation (more walk, less weight, depending on how it is worded. D | Question 30 1 pts My sister, Mary, comes into the classroom (okay, will someone please the . me lock door) and calls by the nickname I got in 1973. Upon hearing it, you wonder how I got it, and then speculate on how and why people in general get nicknames, especially those that seem to persist over time. Your thinking about this issue and coming up with a possible answer is an example of O A. a prediction of an exact experiment or study. O B. a hypothesis. O C. ways to torment me. O D. creating variables. 0 E. a theory.

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Hypothesis is an explanation for an observable phenomenon. Hundberg defined hypothesis as "tentative generalization, the validity of which remains to be tested." At elementary stage, it is a guess imaginative idea which becomes the basis for further investigation.

Here, thinking about an issue why people in general get nicknames and coming up with possible answer/explanation is an example of hypothesis. Hence answer is option (B) Hypothesis.

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