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formulate-hypotheses

Generate testable hypotheses from theory, empirical regularity, anomaly, or explicit explanatory competition. Deductive, inductive, abductive, and competing-hypothesis generation are modes; discriminating predictions and comparison are activated in competing mode.

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# formulate-hypotheses

## Purpose

Generate and refine testable hypotheses from a gap, theory, induction, anomaly, or competing explanations.

## When to use / not applicable

Use when a research gap or insight can be stated. Select `deductive`, `inductive`, `abductive`, or `competing-hypotheses`; operationalization may follow any generation mode.

## Input contract

```yaml
mode_contracts: