Week 4

Question 1

Directional vs Indirectional hypothesis

Answer 1

Directional - indicate the expected direction of the relationship; is the expected association positive or negative?
[E.G., “Higher workloads are associated with lower employee morale” is a directional hypothesis. The hypothesized main effect is negative.]

Indirectional - expect a relationship, but they do not indicate the direction.
[E.G., “Workloads are associated with employee morale.”]