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Psycology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aim | A clearly phrased general statement about what the investor intends to research. Can be a question or a statement |
| Hypothesis | A precise testable statement including levels of the independent variable and dependent variable (or both covariables for a correlational study). These are not predictions, they are statements of fact that are accepted or rejected |
| Null hypothesis | (H0): States that there is no change (difference) in the measurement of the dependent variable as a result of the manipulation in the independent variable |
| Alternative (research) hypothesis | (H1): States that there is a change (difference) in the measurement of the dependent variable as a result of the manipulation in the independent variable |
| Hypothesis testing | data is collected and statistical testing is conducted on the data. This provides evidence, if the evidence is strong enough the null hypothesis can be rejected and the alternate hypothesis is accepted |
| Operationalised variables | carefully stated, demonstrating exactly how they are to be measured |