Week 6 hypothesis
The document discusses key aspects of developing research questions and hypotheses for social science research projects. It identifies several criteria for developing a good research question, including ensuring the question is feasible, interesting, novel, ethical, and relevant. It also distinguishes between different types of research questions, such as questions of fact versus values and open-ended versus closed-ended questions. The document then covers how to develop precise research hypotheses, identifying the null and alternative hypotheses. It notes that the research hypothesis may be refined as the project develops but should not change once the project begins. Finally, it provides a brief definition of a variable as anything that can take on different values.
Week 6 hypothesis
- 1. 427-302 Methods of Social Sciences Research
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- 3. • • a clear unambiguous question able to be answered through your research project (Albert et al, 2003)
- 4. FINER criteria for a good question: Feasible: Adequate numbers of subject Adequate technical support Affordable in time and money Manageable in scope Interesting – to the investigator Novel: Confirms or refutes previous findings Extends previous findings Provides new findings Ethical Relevant: To a field of tourism study
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- 14. 1. 3.1 (open- end question) 5 Ws + 1H
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- 17. “Well-crafted questions guide the systematic planning of research. Formulating your questions precisely enables you to design a study with a good chance of answering them” (Light, Singer, & Willertt, 1990, p. 13)
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- 25. 1. (Null Hypothesis) 2. (Alternative Hypothesis) 1. (Null Hypothesis : Ho) “ ”“ ” “ 0” Ho: = or = 0 1 2 1 2 2
- 26. 1. (Alternative Hypothesis : H1) “ ”“ ” “ 0” 2 2.1 H1: ≠ or ≠ 0 1 2 1 2 2.2 H1: > or ≠ 0 2 1 1 2 or > 0 1 2
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- 30. Things to remember while working on research hypothesis As you gather more information and make more progress on your project, the research hypothesis will become more detailed and refined. This means that your original research hypothesis might change while you are designing your project, but that’s ok.
- 31. Things to remember while working on research hypothesis However, once you begin your project, it is not ethical to change the hypothesis.
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