Aims and Hypotheses Flashcards by Nathan Burnage

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What is an expeirment aim?

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What an experiment wants to test

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What is a hypothesis?

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What we believe an outcome will be

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What are the three types of hypothesis? When are they used? How are they written?

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Non- directional suggests there is a difference without direction, and is used when there is insufficient or contradictory past research: There will between a significant different of DV between IV(A) and IV(B)
Directional suggests there is a difference and provides direction, and is used if there is past research that suggests a direction: IV(A) will have a more significant impact on DV than IV(B)
Null suggests there will be no effect: IV(A) and IV(B) will have no effect on the DV

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