Question

In designing his research on the role of certain festivals in Mexican family life, Gilberto proposed that certain festivals hold certain meanings based on the interaction-constructionist theory. This proposal is known as a______________.

Answer 1

Answer:

hypothesis

Explanation:

Hypothesis is an initial educated guess that a researcher make to answer a certain question that will be examined during the research. They will use the hypothesis as some sort of a starting point and designed the research to  find out whether the hypothesis is correct or wrong.

We can see this from the excerpt above.

In order to find out  the role of certain festivals in Mexican family life, he proposed that certain festivals hold certain meanings based on the interaction-constructionist theory.

His proposal is an initial educated guess that he use to explain role of certain festivals in Mexican family life.  His initial thought cannot be considered as correct or wrong until he finished collecting the data from the research.