Hypothesis First

GLOBIS PTOL 2026

A data tool that refuses to draw a chart until you have written down the question — and a falsifiable answer to it. Built around the process from Business Analytics Day 1.

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Identify the objective

Objective — the main question or issue. Not a topic. A question.

What is the question you actually need answered? One sentence, ending in a question mark.

Why this comes first. Without an objective there is no such thing as appropriate data — only data you happen to have. The word "appropriate" needs a question to be measured against.

Formulate the hypothesis

Hypothesis — a temporary answer to the question. It is meant to be killed.

Your objective

What do you currently believe the answer is? State it so that data could prove you wrong. What would change your mind? Name the observation that would make you abandon this. If nothing would, it is not a hypothesis.

A written hypothesis is not bias — it is the cure for it. You already have one either way. Written down, it can be refuted. Left in your head, it quietly decides which chart you draw and which slice you keep, and it is never tested.

Collect appropriate data

Appropriate to the hypothesis above — not whatever the export happened to contain.

Testing

Drop a CSV or Excel file here

or click to choose · .csv .tsv .xlsx · stays on your machine

Which columns actually bear on your hypothesis? Unchecking is a decision, not a loss. Irrelevant columns generate accidental findings.

Use	Column	Type	Filled	Distinct	Summary

Analyze — and extract the messages

Analysis says what the data shows. Interpretation says what it means for your hypothesis. These are two different questions. Below, you must answer the second one yourself.

Hypothesis under test

Would be killed by

Present your findings

One page. The objective at the top, the verdict under it, and only the evidence that bears on it.