Data-driven hypothesis generation among junior clinical researchers: A comparison of a secondary data analysis with visualization (VIADS) and other tools.

Identified the scientific hypothesis generation process from other parts of scientific or medical reasoning.Conducted a human subject study to generate data-driven hypotheses among clinical researchers, recorded the process, and analyzed the results.Established baseline data for junior clinical researchers: the number, the quality, the validity rate, and the time needed to generate data-driven hypotheses within 2 hours.VIADS might stimulate users' new ways of thinking during hypothesis generation.