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Define Aim
What a piece of
research
is trying to achieve
What does an Aim identify
The purpose of
research
by outlining what is being
studied
and what the research is trying to achieve
Define Hypothesis
The specific statement about what it predicts
findings
will be
What can hypotheses predict
A
difference
or a
correlation
Directional Hypothesis
Predict both a
difference
and the direction of the difference (
better
/
worse
)
Non-Directional Hypothesis
Predict an
outcome
but no direction
Hypothesis predicting correlation
Significant Positive/Negative Correlation
Null Hypothesis
Predicts
no
difference
or
correlation
What are directional hypothesis otherwise known as
Research Hypothesis
Experimental Hypothesis
Alternative Hypothesis
(alternative to null)
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