A scientific prediction is
A)not testable.
B)a prophesy of how the future will unfold.
C)a causal statement of the following form: A will occur because B occurred.
D)a conditional statement of the following form: if A occurs,then B will follow.
E)always based on the law of large numbers.

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A scientific prediction is a conditional statement, meaning it is a statement that if one thing happens (A), then another thing will follow (B). This is in contrast to a causal statement (C), which claims that A caused B, and a prophesy (B), which is not based on empirical evidence. The law of large numbers (E) is not always involved in scientific predictions.

A Scientific Prediction Is