Your best friend passes you in the school hallway and glares at you without speaking. You think, "Now, why did she do that?" One possible explanation could be that she saw you flirting with her boyfriend. Within the framework of the scientific method, this possible explanation for your friend's behavior will remain tentative until it is tested by your asking your friend why she did not speak
Thus, this tentative, possible explanation would be considered a(n)
a. theory.
b. operational definition.
c. hypothesis.
d. relative certainty.
C
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