Across
- 1. a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
- 6. facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.
- 7. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
- 8. a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use.
- 9. the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.
- 10. a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information
Down
- 2. perform a scientific procedure, especially in a laboratory, to determine something.
- 3. the action of predicting something.
- 4. not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.
- 5. the end or finish of an event or process.