Usually a hypothesis is just an educated guess dervied from knowledge you've accumulated in the past. When you want to prove a theory, then you get into the experimenting part of it.
two ways I know of: contemplation, observation 1. if you see lights come on and go off when someone touches something on the wall, you might hypothesize a relation between the action and effect 2....
Either works, given the often-contrary nature of the English usage of H. However, I've heard "a hypothesis" more than "an hypothesis". Improved Answered: In instances where words that begin with "h"...