Research Methods - Aims,Hypothesis,Directional,Non-directional,null hypothesis

Question 1

What is an aim?

Answer 1

All psychology research start of with an aim , which is a broad statement that describes the purpose of the study so people have a general idea of what the research is about

Question 2

what words to use to write an aim in an exam

Answer 2

investigate/ examine / aim

Question 3

what is a hypothesis

Answer 3

written statement that involves making a prediction between two variables that can be tested.

Question 4

what do you do after writing an aim

Answer 4

form an alternative hypothesis

Question 5

difference between directional and non directional statement

Answer 5

directional - specific - more, increases,lower, decreases,
non directional - less specific - - relationship, difference ,influence, affect

Question 6

when do researchers use directional/non directional

Answer 6

directional - when research carried out has gone in a particular direction
non directional - when research carried out has unclear/contradictory results

Question 7

what is null hypthesis

Answer 7

results will show no difference/relationship between variables