SPECIFYING A PURPOSE AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR HYPOTHESIS

Purpose Statement: a statement that advances the overal direction of the study

Hypothesis: Prediction or conjecture about the outcome of the research based on previous findings

Research Questions: Specific questions that the researcher seek to answer

Research Objectives (Quantitative): Goals that the investigator seek to achieve in a study

Writing Quantitative Purpose Statements

Guidelines

One sentence, use identifier words, specify variables and their connections, state the independent variables followed by dependent variables, identify the participants and the research site

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Writing Quantitative Research Questions

Guidelines

Post a question, beginning with "how" "why" or "what", specify the variables, use the words "describe" "compare" "relate", indicate the participants and the research site of the study

Types of Quantitative Research Questions: Descriptive, Relationship, Comparison

Writing Quantitative Hypothesis

Guidelines

Sate te variables: independent, dependent, control., compare the group of variables, make prediction about changes you expect in your groups of variables ( less/more preferable or no changes)

Writing Qualitative Research Questions

Writing Qualitative Purpose Statements

Guidelines

Use key identifier, consider mentioning that the study is qualitative, state the central phenomenon you seek to explore, use words such as: explore, discover, understand, describe., mention the participants iand the research site of the study

Guidelines

Flexible questions, use a few general questions and a few questions that focus on learning information from the participants, use questions that use neutral and explanatory language, write central questions and sub-questions