Researcher Methods Flashcards
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What’s a hypothesis?
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This is a formal statement or prediction of what the researcher expects to find. It needs to be testable.
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What’s a researcher hypothesis?
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Predicts a difference
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What’s a Null hypothesis?
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Suggests nothing is going on
If investigation is correct we ‘accept’ it is not ‘reject’ it
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What is to Operationalise?
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To make something directly measurable
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What’s a One Tailed hypothesis?
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Specifies the direction of a difference. Who will be better or worse.
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What’s a Two Tailed hypothesis?
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Does not say who will do better/worse
Simply predicting difference
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IV stands for?
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Variable manipulated by researcher- so it gives a DV
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DV stands for?
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The thing you measure
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