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SOP: synthesize all intermediate products into a final structured hypothesis set

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Hypothesis Synthesis

Collect and integrate all intermediate products to produce a complete, deduplicated, ranked final hypothesis set.

HARD-GATE

Not met → stop, return error: insufficient hypothesis candidates or missing required components.

Pipeline

  1. Precondition check: verify completeness of all intermediate products
  2. Collect all hypothesis candidates: aggregate every hypothesis from the deductive/inductive/abductive paths
  3. Deduplication and merging: identify and merge hypotheses with the same mechanism (keep the most complete version)
  4. Completeness check: ensure each hypothesis contains all 6 components (statement/variables/mechanism/boundary_conditions/falsification/measurability)
  5. Ranking: rank comprehensively by evidence support + testability + theoretical importance
  6. Relationship notes: annotate the relationships between hypotheses (complementary/competing/independent/hierarchical)
  7. Format and output the final hypothesis document

Output Format

{
  "summary": {
    "total_hypotheses": 3,
    "primary_hypothesis": "H1",
    "reasoning_path": "deductive | inductive | abductive | mixed"
  },
  "hypotheses": [
    {
      "hypothesis_id": "H1",
      "priority": 1,
      "statement": "If X then Y under conditions Z",
      "variables": {
        "independent": "X",
        "dependent": "Y",
        "mediators": [],
        "moderators": [],
        "controls": []
      },
      "mechanism": "Causal chain explanation",
      "boundary_conditions": {
        "temporal": "...",
        "spatial": "...",
        "population": "...",
        "conditional": [],
        "exclusions": []
      },
      "falsification": {
        "scenario": "...",
        "testability": "high | medium | low"
      },
      "measurability": {
        "iv_measure": "...",
        "dv_measure": "..."
      },
      "evidence_support": "strong | moderate | weak | none",
      "theoretical_basis": "Theory name(s)"
    }
  ],
  "hypothesis_relationships": [
    {
      "pair": "H1 and H2",
      "relationship": "complementary | competing | independent | hierarchical",
      "notes": "..."
    }
  ],
  "recommended_next_step": "Which hypothesis to develop into a research question first, and why"
}