RESEARCH -5
HYPOTHESIS
HYPOTHESIS
 STATEMENT OF THE RELATION SHIP BETWEEN TWO OR
MORE VARIABLES
 POLIT AND BECK
 HYPOTHESIS SHOULD ALWAYS BE WRITTEN BEFORE
THE STUDY AND SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED AFTER THE
STUDY RESULT ARE EXAMINED.
PURPOSES OF HYPOTHESIS
 ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE BY SUPPORTING OR
REJECTING THE TESTED THEORY
 PROVIDES DIRECTION AND GUIDE TO A RESEARCH
STUDY
 BRIDGE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
 FRAME WORK FOR DRAWING CONCLUSION OF A
RESEARCH STUDY.
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CHARACTERISTIC OF A GOOD
HYPOTHESIS
CHARATERISTISCS OF HYPOTHESIS
SIMPLE CLEAR RELEVENT TESTABLE VERIFIABLE
CONT:
 SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN DECLARATIVE SENTENCE
 WRITTEN IN PRESENT TENSE
 SHOULD CONTAIN POPULATION
 CONTAIN THE VARIABLES
 CONTAIN THE INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS
 REFLECT THE LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE.
SOURCES OF HYPOTHESIS
TYPES OF HYPOTHESIS
 SIMPLE HYPOTHESIS
 COMPLEX HYPOTHESIS
 NULL HYPOTHESIS[H0]
 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS[H1]
 DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS
 NON DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS
 ASSOCIATIVE HYPOTHESIS
 CASUAL HYPOTHESIS
SIMPLE HYPOTHESIS
 RELATION SHIP BETWEEN ONE INDEPENDENT
AND ONE DEPENDENT
COMPLEX HYPOTHESIS
 RELATIONSHIP OF TWO OR MOE
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES, TWO OR MORE
DEPENDENT VARIABLES OR BOTH
NULL HYPOTHESIS[H0]/
STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS
 NO RELATION BETWEEN VARIABLES
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS[H1]
 STATE THE EXISTENCE OF RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN VARIABLES.
DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS
 THERE IS A EXPECTED RELATIONSHIP AND
DIRECTION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
VARIABLES
NON DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS
 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VARIABLES BUT
DOES NOT SPECIFY THE DIRECTIONS OF
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIABLES.
ASSOCIATIVE HYPOTHESIS
 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE
THAN TWO VARIABLES THAT OCCUR IN
NATURE SETTING, SO ONE VARIABLE CHANGE
ANOTHER VARIABLE ALSO CHANGE
CASUAL HYPOTHESIS
 CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
TWO VARIABLES
COMPODENTS OF HYPOTHESIS
 POPULATION
 VARIABLES
 INTRUMENTS AND TOOLS
 LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE
 ANTICIPATED RELATIONSHIP
WRITING OF HYPOTHESIS

Research 5