Experiments: Defining And Writing Aims

Question 1

What is a research aim

Answer 1

It states what the researcher intends to find out about
—> but it doesn’t say what will happen

Question 2

What 3 things are important to include in an aim

Answer 2

• always start with: ‘To investigate/to find out/to see if…’
• IV and DV
• both need to be operationalised