What is a good hypothesis? What are the criteria for judging it? An acceptable hypothesis should fulfill certain conditions.
Conceptual Clarity: A hypothesis should be conceptually clear. It should consist of clearly defined and understandable concepts
Specificity: A hypothesis should be specific and explain the expected relation b/w variables and the conditions under which these relations will hold.
Testability: A hypothesis should be testable and should not be a moral judgment. It should be possible to collect empirical evidence to test techniques.
Availability of techniques: The hypothesis should be related to available techniques. Otherwise, they will not be researchable therefore the researcher must make sure that methods are available for testing his proposed hypothesis.
Consistency: Hypothesis should be logically consistent. The propositions derived should not be contradictory
Objectivity: Scientific hypotheses should be free from value judgment. The researcher system of values has n o placing Research.
Simplicity: A hypothesis should be as simple as possible. Simplicity demands insight. The more insight the researcher has into a problem, the simpler will be his hypothesis.