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ad hoc hypothesis

hypothesis added to a theory in order to save it from being falsified
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ad hoc hypothesis

Summary

ad hoc hypothesis ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ad hoc hypothesis's subclass of is recorded as hypothesis[2].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's subclass of is recorded as correction[3].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's part of is recorded as scientific theory[4].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05qb9jn[5].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's facet of is recorded as scientific method[6].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's has effect is recorded as risk[8].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's Quora topic ID is recorded as Ad-Hoc-Hypothesis[9].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as ad_hoc-hypotese[10].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 188183453[11].
  • ad hoc hypothesis's does not have effect is recorded as parsimony[12].

Why It Matters

ad hoc hypothesis ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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