Aims & Hypothese Flashcards

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What is a research aim and what does it always start with

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-the intention or purpose of the study
- “to investigate…”

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What is a research question

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It is similar to an aim but is written as a question and always ended with a ?

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What is a hypothesis

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A testable statement that predicts what the study will find out. It always includes the iv and dv and is fully operationalised

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How many hypothesises must a study include

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One experimental hypothesis and one null hypothesis

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What are the different experimental/alternative/ research hypothesis

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-One tailed /directional hypothesis
- Two tailed/ non-directional hypothesis

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What is a one tailed hypotheses

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Predicts a specific direction of the results

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What is a two tailed hypotheses

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Predicts a difference but no direction of the results

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What is a null hypothesis

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States that no difference will be found

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What is the template of a null hypothesis

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There will be no significant difference in …dv…. Between…iv…. And …iv.. Any difference found will be due to chance.

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What is the template of a one tailed hypothesis

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…iv…. Will score significantly ….. dv…. Compared to ..iv…

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What is the template of a two tailed hypothesis

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There will be a significant difference in …..dv….between …iv …..and ….iv…

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