Instead, qualitative inquiry often aims for exploration of unknown areas and generation of hypothesis for further quantitative research.
Analogously, it can be observed that the second ratio indeed represents how much area of the hypothesis is covered by the observation.
Although spatial analyses are useful for generating new hypotheses or supporting existing hypotheses, areas of increased and decreased ORs should be considered exploratory.
In addition to work in east coast salt marshes, I have collaborated extensively in rocky intertidal habitats, where I am currently pursuing two areas of study: (1) the hypothesis that natural communities can exist as alternative stable states and (2) the role of foundation species in driving patterns of species diversity.
The bulk of the data from both areas of research support the hypothesis that genotypes predispose the likelihood of displaying various epitypes, but for only a few classes of epitype.
Using the European map of WUI areas, the hypothesis is tested that the distance from the nearest WUI area is related to the forest fire probability.
Increases in [BKN] might be important only in acute nociception or localized to the most painful areas of the afflicted muscle, hypotheses that future studies should address.
The study was designed to be exploratory and descriptive – to identify the attitudes and reported practices of key stakeholder groups, provide a baseline data set, and suggest areas of concern for future hypothesis-driven research.
We encourage evaluation of this hypothesis in areas of active dendrochronological and archeological research.
Guilhem, A., R. Bürgmann, A. M. Freed, and A. Tabrez (2013), Testing the accelerating moment release (AMR) hypothesis in areas of high stress, Geophysical Journal International, published online: August 28 , 2013 doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt1298.
A long-term assumption has been that livestock establish pathways of least resistance between frequented areas of their pastures, but this hypothesis has never been tested.
