When one designs a system of ideas so that concepts and facts are interrelated in such a way that existing data is summarized and future observations can be predicted, then this system of ideas is known as a(n)

a. hypothesis.
b. theory.
c. commonsense statement.
d. operational definition.


B

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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