{"id":3942,"date":"2018-07-22T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T01:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2019-05-25T21:34:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T01:34:15","slug":"hypothesis-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyork.ca\/academic\/zz\/research-methods-in-psychology\/hypothesis-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypothesis Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Descriptive Research Question <\/u>: asks about the presence of behavior, how frequently it is exhibited, or whether there is a relationship between different behaviors<\/li>\n<li><u>Causal Research Questions <\/u>: asks what causes specific behaviors to occur o Many casual research questions are also designed to test a theory about the cause of a behavior\n<ul>\n<li>Or to compare theories about behavior to see which theory has more support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Research questions come from many sources, including researchers\u2019 curiosity o Should be relevant to current knowledge in the field of study o Should be answerable using scientific methods<\/li>\n<li>A literature review helps researchers know if their research fulfills these criteria<\/li>\n<li>A <u>literature review<\/u> is a thorough review of research done in an area of study\n<ul>\n<li>Searchable databases are useful for conducting a literature review<\/li>\n<li>Searchable databases that provide researchers access to empirical and review journal articles are useful in a literature review<\/li>\n<li>A thorough literature review produces journal articles that researchers can use to understand what types of research questions add to knowledge in a field of study, what methods researchers are currently using to answer those questions, and the theories or past results in and area that help researchers develop hypotheses for their study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\uf0a7 Used to determine what research has been done on a research question to avoid duplication previous research and review previous findings and theories to allow a hypothesis to be made about the outcome of a study<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>Empirical articles <\/u>: a study conducted by the authors of the article<\/li>\n<li><u>Review articles <\/u>: summarize results and methods from a particular area of study<\/li>\n<li><u>Theoretical articles <\/u>: discuss new or revised theories of behavior in an area of study<\/li>\n<li><u>Theory\u00addriven hypothesis <\/u>: hypothesis for a study based on a theory about the behavior of interest o Involves deductive reasoning in that a researcher is taking a general statement about a behavior (the theory) and making a specific prediction (the hypothesis) about the study from this general assessment<\/li>\n<li><u>Deductive reasoning <\/u>: using general information to make a specific prediction<\/li>\n<li><u>Data\u00addriven hypothesis <\/u>: hypothesis for a study that is based on the results of previous, related studies o Involves inductive reasoning because the researcher is taking a specific result from another study and using it to make a more general prediction\n<ul>\n<li><u>Inductive reasoning <\/u>: using specific information to make a more general prediction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u>Descriptive hypothesis <\/u>: a prediction about the results of a study that describes the behavior or the relationship between behaviors<\/li>\n<li><u>Casual hypothesis <\/u>: a prediction about the results of a study that includes the causes of a behavior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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