Some of the steps listed in this article seem a little familiar. Although I don't believe these 5 steps are exactly what we shoot for in design research. I was actually curious, when we begin design research should be stay away from making a hypothesis.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/09/5-step-process-conducting-user-research/
I think it's fine to make an hypothesis: Explaining what we think we know and what we think the user knows can help define a direction.
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