2. HYPOTHESIS
• It is true hypothetically that an egg must turn into a
Chicken?
3. HYPOTHESIS
• Important considerations of work is constructing the
hypothesis
• It provides clarity
• It help to keep focus on a research problem
• It is not essential for a study or research work
• Research conduct a valid investigation without constructing
a hypothesis
• However, It is always good to construct a hypothesis
• That will help to narrow down your focus
4. HYPOTHESIS
• A hypothesis lies in its ability to bring directions
• and specificity to your research work
A hypothesis is a proposition in testable form and predicts a
particular relationship between two or more variables-
Bailey (1978)
Hypothesis is written in such a way that it can be proven or
disproven by valid and reliable data-Grinnell (1988)
5. FUNCTIONS OF A HYPOTHESIS
• (a)Enhance the objectivity
and purpose
• (b) Provide a focus and
specific scope
• (c) Help in prioritizing data
collection
• (d) Enable the formulation of
theory to test what is true or
not
A
hypothesis
has
several
functions
6. CHARACTERISTICS
• (a) A Hypothesis must be Capable of Verification
• (b) A Hypothesis must be Related to the Existing Body of
Knowledge
• (C) A Hypothesis Needs to be Precise, Simple and Specific
7. TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS
• Research hypothesis forms the basis of investigation for a
researcher
• hypothesis can be classified into
Research hypothesis and
Alternate hypothesis.
• Alternate hypothesis is a convention among the scientific
community.
• an alternate hypothesis is to openly specify the relationship
that will be considered true in case the research hypothesis
proves to be wrong
8. TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS
• Alternate hypothesis is the opposite of research hypothesis
• a research on the IT literacy pattern in a community in
relation to gender differences.
• (a) There is no significant difference in the proportion of
male and female with IT literacy in the community
population
• (b) A total of 70 percent of male and 30 per cent of female
in this study are IT literate
9. TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS
• (c) A greater proportion of male than female are IT literate
in this population
• (d) There are twice as many male IT educated as female IT
educated in this study population.
10. TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS
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TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS DETAILS
Research hypothesis Hypothesis of differences
Hypothesis of point occurrence
Alternate Hypothesis
Null hypothesis
Hypothesis of no difference
