FS_2.06 THE RESEARCHER'S HYPOTHESIS

Question 1

What is the term for a statement that tentatively answers a research question?

Answer 1

The researcher’s hypothesis (RH)

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE: The researcher’s hypothesis should be stated in a way that it answers the research question positively.

Answer 2

TRUE.

Question 3

What can be deduced from the researcher’s hypothesis?

Answer 3

A. The Key Players: The IV and the DV; The Predictor and the Outcome

Question 4

What is the term for an experimentally manipulable (or ex-post facto) factor that allegedly causes changes on the DV

Answer 4

IV (Independent variable)

Question 5

What is the term for an observable and measurable behavior/property that is allegedly affected by the IV?

Answer 5

DV (Dependent variable)

Question 6

What is the term for a non-manipulable (or pre-existing; inherent) behavior/property that does not cause any direct changes to an outcome, but shares a consistent parallel pattern with it; and based on its consistent parallel pattern with an outcome, can be used to predict such outcome?

Answer 6

Predictor

Question 7

What is the term for any behavior/outcome whose properties are being predicted by a predictor with whom it shares a consistent parallel pattern?

Answer 7

Outcome