🧪 Hypothesis Development — Step-by-Step
🧪 Hypothesis Development — Step-by-Step # Hypothesis | #QuantitativeResearch | #ResearchDesign | #ResearchMitra 🧠What Is a Hypothesis? A hypothesis is a tentative explanation or prediction that can be tested through empirical investigation . It's a crucial component of quantitative research and guides your data collection and analysis. 🧾 Characteristics of a Good Hypothesis ✅ Testable ✅ Falsifiable ✅ Clear and specific ✅ Based on theory or prior literature ✅ States a relationship between variables 🧱 Steps to Formulate a Hypothesis Identify the Research Problem What question are you trying to answer? Do a Literature Review What does existing research say? Identify Variables Determine independent and dependent variables . Define the Relationship Is it a correlation, cause-effect, or difference? Write the Hypothesis Use a clear “if…then” or relational format. 🧪 Types of Hypotheses Null Hypothesis (H₀): No relationship exist...