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<p>A <b>working hypothesis</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=hypothesis">hypothesis</a> that is provisionally accepted as a basis for further ongoing <a href="page.php?w=research">research</a> in the hope that a tenable <a href="page.php?w=theory">theory</a> will be produced, even if the hypothesis ultimately fails. Like all hypotheses, a working hypothesis is constructed as a statement of expectations, which can be linked to deductive, <a href="page.php?w=exploratory_research">exploratory research</a> in empirical investigation and is often used as</p><p>
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