After observing the interaction between rival street gangs, Jet predicts that fighting between the gangs would decrease significantly if the existing "colors" (clothing) of the two gangs (one black and one red) were changed to pink and yellow. This prediction is most accurately thought of as a

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Jet's prediction is a proposed explanation or prediction about the relationship between gang colors and fighting. As such, it is a hypothesis. It is not yet considered a fact or a fully developed theory, and it is not a correlation (which would be a measure of the strength and direction of a relationship between variables).

After Observing the Interaction Between Rival Street Gangs, Jet Predicts