Yán / jiū / rén / yuán / xiān / tí / chū / pǔ / biàn / xìng / jiǎ / shè / zài / yòng / shù / jù / jiǎn / yàn / tā研究人员先提出普遍性假设,再用数据检验它。The researchers first proposed a universal hypothesis and then tested it with data.