What is the correct definition of a hypothesis?
A hypothesis is a tentative, proposed explanation for an observation or phenomenon, formulated based on limited available evidence, and it serves as a starting point that can be tested and investigated further—for example, through experimentation or, in cybersecurity threat hunting, through data analysis. This differs from a theory, which is knowledge substantiated by extensive repeatable testing, and from observation, which is the act of gathering data rather than proposing an explanation.
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