hypothesises

Question 1

what is a hypothesis

Answer 1

a precise and testable statement of the relationship between two variables

Question 2

what is a research hypothesis

Answer 2

proposed at the beginning of a piece of research and often generated from a theory

Question 3

what is a null hypothesis

Answer 3

what you assume is true during the study. any data that you collect will either back this assumption or it won’t

Question 4

what is a experimental/alternative hypothesis

Answer 4

if the data forces you to reject your null hypothesis, you accept your experimental hypothesis instead. if your null hypothesis was two variables that were not linked your alternative hypothesis should be that they are

Question 5

what is a directional hypothesis

Answer 5

states direction of results

Question 6

what is a non directional hypothesis

Answer 6

predicts simply that there will be a difference between two conditions or two groups of participants without stating direction of results