forming a hypothesis is when you come up with an educated guess.. what you think it may be .
testing a hypothesis is when you're testing to see if someone else's guess is right.
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A hypothesis is a suggestion of a way to explain something. If the hypothesis is tested and confirmed, it can advance to the status of theory. The conclusion of testing a hypothesis will be either that the hypothesis is confirmed, or it is not confirmed.
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5. The manufacturer of a spot remover claims that his product removes 90 percent of all spots. In a random sample, the spot remover removes 11 of 16 stains. Write the null and alternative hypotheses.
In statistical hypothesis testing you have a null hypothesis against which you are testing an alternative. The hypothesis concerns one or more characteristics of the distribution. It is easier to illustrate the idea of directional and non-directional hypothesis. In studying the academic abilities of boys and girls the null hypothesis would be that boys and girls are equally able. One directional hypothesis would be that boys are more able. The non-directional alternative would be that there is a gender difference. You have no idea whether boys are more able or girls - only that they are not the same.
examining/ experimenting/ testing/ verifying... it depends on the type of hypothesis to an extent I think.