Use the Following Information to Answer the Following Question(s): You

Use the following information to answer the following question(s) : You wake up one morning feeling slightly under the weather.A close family member enthusiastically suggests that you take some Echinacea, an herb commonly used as a cold remedy.You then decide to design an experiment to test Echinacea and see if this claim is true.You think, "If taken at the beginning of a cold, Echinacea will reduce cold symptoms."
-Your statement, "If taken at the beginning of a cold, Echinacea will reduce cold symptoms," is called a(n) ________.

A) observation
B) hypothesis
C) conclusion
D) theory