The word “hypothesis” has celebrity status. From Ancient Greece through the Enlightenment to Total Quality Management, the process of hypothesis testing provokes thinkers and researchers to elucidate ...

Jeanne Ross, a researcher at MIT's Sloan School of Business, identifies a new method of achievement, learning and goal-setting for organizations. In her article, Why Hypotheses Beat Goals At Work, ...

At times we wish to examine statistical evidence, and determine whether it supports or contradicts a claim that has been made (or that we might wish to make) concerning the entire population. This is ...

A professor wondered why some types of research were more apt to secure federal grants, while others -- especially exploratory science -- often didn't. A Case Western Reserve University professor ...