Aims and Hypothesis

Question 1

What is an aim?

Answer 1

Statements of what the researcher intends to investigate

Question 2

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 2

Clear, precise and testable statement that states the relationship between the variables to be tested

Question 3

What is an Independent variable?

Answer 3

The variable that the researcher manipulates

Question 4

What is a Dependent variable?

Answer 4

The variable that is measured to see how it changed

Question 5

What is operationalisation?

Answer 5

Turning abstract concepts from your aim into clearly defined variables that can be measured

Question 6

What is a directional hypothesis?

Answer 6

States the difference or relationships between the IV and DV

Question 7

What is a non-directional hypothesis?

Answer 7

Predicts there will be a difference between conditions