Hypothesis

• What is a hypothesis?


  A precise, testable statement of what the researchers predicts will be the outcome of the study.
• Experimental (alternative) hypothesis


  States something significant will occur.
• Null hypothesis


  States something significant will not occur.
• Directional hypothesis
• Directional hypothesis


  one- tailed

  the specific direction which the results will go e.g higher or lower
• Non-directional


  two-tailed

  doesn't state the specific direction which the results will go
• Independent variable


  The thing which you are manipulating (changing)
• Dependent variable


  The thing which you are measuring
• Operationalise


  Clearly defining a variable by providing an accurate and specific metric