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Formulating
Hypothesis
Sahin Sahari
Asst. Professor (Belda College)
Ex-Asst. Professor of ABS Academy (Post Graduate Dept. of Education.)
Ex-Guest Teacher of WBNSOU(Muragacha Govt. College)
Ex-Guest Teacher of Jonepur High School
B.A (Education). M.A(Education). B.Ed. NET(Education). SET(Education)
Ph. D in Education(Contd..)
“ Good hypothesis are made,
not born ”
Hypothesis Formulation
• Hypothesis Formulation is –
– the process of creating possible, tentative
solution’s explanation for a given set of
information / study / research.
– the whole Process of creating and formulating the
hypothesis
How is Hypothesis Formulated
• Reichenbach (1938) made a distinction between the two
processes found commonly in any hypothesis
formulation -
– Context of Discovery:
• Hypotheses is ‘discovered’ from earlier research findings,
existing theories and personal observations, and experience.
– Context of justification:
• When a Researcher reconstructs his thoughts and communicates them in
the form of a hypothesis to others, he uses the context of
justification.
Steps in Formulation of Hypothesis
1. Understand the area of problem
2. Consider goal
3. Identify variables
4. identify the relationship between the
variables.
5. Think critically about hypothesis
6. Express the idea as own hypothesis
Process of Hypothesis Formulation
1. Understand the area of problem
– Understand the problem that is being worked on.
2. Consider goal
– After selecting the problem & understanding the problem, objectives have to be
selected according to the problem
3. Identify variables
– Must be define the variables.
– Variables in hypothesis are testable or not ?
– Specify dependent and independent & others variables.
4. Identify the relationship between the variables.
– Variables are influence each other or not?
5. Think critically about hypothesis
– Hypothesis are testable, verifiable or not ? Which will make able to confirm the
hypothesis.
6. Express the idea as own hypothesis
– Here researcher made the hypothesis in a Tentative Solution Statement manner
Difficulties in Hypotheses Formulation
Sahin Sahari
Asst. Professor (Belda College)
Ex-Asst. Professor of ABS Academy (Post Graduate Dept. of Education.)
Ex-Guest Teacher of WBNSOU(Muragacha Govt. College)
Ex-Guest Teacher of Jonepur High School
B.A (Education). M.A(Education). B.Ed. NET(Education). SET(Education)
Ph. D in Education(Contd..)
Formulating Hypothesis in Research