Hypothesis

Question 1

What does operationalising mean?

Answer 1

Phrasing things to make it clear how your variables are manipulated or measured. (It should make it clear how quantitative data is collected).

Question 2

What is a direction (1-tailed) hypothesis?

Answer 2

Predicting the direction the results will take involving something increasing or decreasing.

Question 3

What is a non-directional (2-tailed) hypothesis?

Answer 3

Predicting there will be a change (without saying what that change will be) or that there will be a difference between two groups (without saying which group will be better).