Prediction

Etymology : verb Predict has Latin roots from praedictus, past participle of praedīcere “to foretell,”

Definition : A prediction is what someone thinks will happen. A prediction a statement about the future. It’s a guess, sometimes based on facts or evidence, but not always.

The key here is that your best predictor of future behavior is past behavior or past performance in a similar situation.

The predictive accuracy describes whether the predicted values match the actual values of the target field within the incertitude due to statistical fluctuations and noise in the input data values.

Hypothesis

Hypothesis is a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation, it is a concept or idea that you test through research and experiments.

Null Hypothesis

the null hypothesis is the claim that no relationship exists between two sets of data or variables being analyzed.

Alternative Hypothesis

It defines there is a statistically important relationship between two variables.

The skill of predicting involves forecasting what is believed will occur in the future. Predictions should be based on student’s prior knowledge, experiences, observations and research.

Other words used : expectation. 

A prediction is the outcome you would observe if your hypothesis were correct. Predictions are often written in the form of “if, and, then” statements, as in, Predictions are often written in the form of “if, and, then” statements, as in, “if my hypothesis is true, and I were to do this test, then this is what I will observe.” 

A research question is “a question that a research project sets out to answer”. 

The research question states the specific issue or problem that your assignment will focus on. It also outlines the task that you will need to complete.

Hypothesis is a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

A prediction is what someone thinks will happen. A prediction is a forecast.

EXAMPLE: A bird is building its nest with grass. You can ask yourself, why Grass and not twigs? You can hypothesize that grass is is a is more abundant than twigs in this area. If twigs were more abundant in the area then the bird would be using twigs to build its nest. The material used to build a nest is based on availability.