RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTAL VARIABLES IN PSYCHOLOGY
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a prediction of how the experiment will come out; based upon a theory
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a statement of the procedures used to define research variables
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the experimental fact that is going to be manipulated or changed
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the outcome in quantitive or measurable behavioral terms comparing the dependent variable before and after
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Detailed explanation-1: -In a scientific experiment or study, the hypothesis is a brief summation of the researcher’s prediction of the study’s findings, which may be supported or not by the outcome.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is (B) an educated guess or expected answer to a scientific question based on prior knowledge and observation.
Detailed explanation-3: -A research hypothesis is a statement of expectation or prediction that will be tested by research.
Detailed explanation-4: -scientific hypothesis, an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed in the natural world.
Detailed explanation-5: -An hypothesis is a specific statement of prediction. It describes in concrete (rather than theoretical) terms what you expect will happen in your study.