AIMS AND HYPOTHESES

• WHAT IS AN AIM?

  general statement regarding what a study is investigating
• WHAT IS A HYPOTHESIS?

  testable statement regarding what result you predict will occur during your research
• WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS?

  alternative, null
• WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS?

  experimental hypothesis
• WHAT IS AN ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS?

  prediction that states what the effect of the IV will be on the DV
• WHAT IS A NULL HYPOTHESIS?

  statement that predicts there will be no effect of the IV on the DV
• WHAT HAPPENS IN A REPEATED MEASURES DESIGN FOR AN EXPERIMENT?

  all participants complete all of the conditions
• HOW TO WRITE A HYPOTHESIS?

  "There will be a/ no difference in the (DV) between (condition 1 IV) and (condition 2 IV)"
• WHAT SHOULD THE DV ALWAYS HAVE IN A HYPOTHESIS?

  quantitative measure
• WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS?

  direction, non-directional
• WHAT IS A DIRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS?

  predict a difference/ relationship and specify the direction of the effect
• WHAT IS A NON-DIRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS?

  predict a difference/ relationship but do not specify direction of the effect
• WHAT MUST A HYPOTHESIS NOT BE WRITTEN AS?

  question or aim