Lecture 3

Question 1

All research is based on ______

Answer 1

Questions

Question 2

4 Steps to asking questions and narrowing in on research.
Follow these until you end up with a _____ and _____ set of questions and hypothesis(es)

Answer 2

1. choose a general area
2. ask the 5W’s and 1H
3. consider scale and/or population area and group
4. Narrow in, be more specific

Follow these until you end up with a LIMITED and PRECISE set of questions and hypothesis(es)

Question 3

What’s the difference in the goals of questions and hypotheses?

Answer 3

Questions: the goal is to answer the question
Hypotheses: the goal is to accept/reject the hypothesis

Question 4

Hypothesis is to ______ the question into a prediction of expected outcomes.

Answer 4

Hypothesis is to TRANSLATE the question into a prediction of expected outcomes

Question 5

T/F: you should ask a ton of questions so you can narrow down your research and hypothesis

Answer 5

yes. true.