Relationship of Research Topic, Question, HypothesesTITLEDeveloping Research Questions for Two TopicsTITLECorrelational Research in the News AnalysisTITLEQualitative and Quantitative Designs for Questions
The document discusses the relationship between a research topic, research question, and hypotheses. It provides examples of a research topic on school safety, with a corresponding research question and three hypotheses: a null hypothesis, a nondirectional research hypothesis, and a directional research hypothesis. It then gives another example of a research topic on music in schools, with one research question tailored for a qualitative approach and another for a quantitative approach. Appropriate research designs are described for each question - a case study for the qualitative question on student happiness, and a group comparison design for the quantitative question on standardized test performance.
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![[object Object],The relationship between a research topic, a research question, and a set of hypotheses is fairly direct. A research topic is the broad idea that you would like to study. Once you have decided upon a topic, you then move on to narrowing your topic and forming a research question. The research question guides the research you will be doing. A set of hypotheses are “intelligent, informed, guesses about the findings of the study.” <br />,[object Object],Research Topic: School Safety <br />Research Question: Is there a direct correlation to how safe students feel at school to their academic performance?<br />Null Hypothesis: There will be no change in student academic performance regardless of how safe they feel at school.<br />Nondirectional Research Hypothesis: There will be a change in student academic performance depending on how safe they feel at school. <br />Directional Research Hypothesis: Students who feel safer at school will perform better academically than those students who do not feel safe.<br />,[object Object],Research Topic: Music in Schools <br />Research Question (Qualatative): Are students who participate in school music programs happier than those who do not?<br />Research Question (Quantatative): Do students who participate in music programs at school perform better on standardized tests than those who do not?<br />My questions are slightly different. My qualatative question measures happiness which cannot really be measured in terms of exact numbers or percentages. My Quantatative question measure performance on tests. This could be measured in terms of exact numbers or percentages by looking at the outcome of the standardized tests given to the students. <br />,[object Object],5. Briefly describe an appropriate research design for each of the research questions listed in #3.<br />Qualitative Research Question: Are students who participate in music programs happier than those who do not?<br />Research Design: To investigate this research question, I think I would conduct a Case Study where I observed music students over a period of time, interviewed a group of the students on an individual basis, and also interviewed their primary classroom teacher to gain some comparisons of attitudes of music students versus non-music students.<br />Quantitative Research Question: Do students who participate in music programs at school perform better on standardized tests than those who do not?<br />Research Design: To investigate this quantitative research question I would use a Group Comparison Design method. To do this, I would compare the standardized test scores of a class of student’s who do not participate in a music program, to those scores of a class of students who do participate in a music program. <br />,[object Object]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/chapter3homework-101209201559-phpapp02/85/Chapter-3-homework-1-320.jpg)
