Research Methods (New)

Question 1

What is an aim?

Answer 1

A clearly phrased general statement about what the investigator intends to research

Question 2

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 2

A precisable statement including levels of the independent variable and the dependent variable

Question 3

Define operationalisation

Answer 3

Operationalised variables are carefully stated, demonstrating exactly how they are going to be measured e.g. the dependent variable would be the “number of words recalled”

Question 4

What is a null hypothesis?

Answer 4

No change in the measurement of the DV as a result of the manipulation of the IV

Question 5

What is an alternative hypothesis?

Answer 5

There is a change in the measurement of the DV as a result of the manipulation in the IV

Question 6

What is a non-directional hypothesis?

Answer 6

There is a difference in the measurement of the DV (due to the manipulation of the IV) but does not state the direction the results will go

Question 7

What is a directional hypothesis?

Answer 7

There is a difference in the measurement of the DV (due to the manipulation of the IV) and does state the direction the results will go