HY P OT HE S IS M A K I NG

JOEISA M. PRESBITERO
OBSERVATION
• BASED ON YOUR FIVE SENSES
• SIGHT
• HEARING
• TOUCHING
• SMELLING
• TASTING
• AFTER THE PLANT DID NOT RECEIVE SUNLIGHT AND WATER FOR THIRTY (30) DAYS, IT
WILTED.
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INFERENCE
• MENTAL JUDGMENT BASED ON OBSERVATION
• CANNOT BE DIRECTLY OBSERVED
• REQUIRES THOUGHT
• EX: WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING, LOOK UP AT THE SKY AND OBSERVE THE
DARK CLOUDS, OBSERVE THE AIR IN THE COOL AND HUMID AND OBSERVE PUDDLES
ON THE GROUND.

• INFERENCE: IT HAS RECENTLY RAINED.

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RESEARCH QUESTION
• QUESTIONS YOU WILL ANSWER IN YOUR RESEARCH
• WHAT EFFECTS DOES STUDYING WITH MUSIC HAVE ON STUDENT TEST
SCORES?
• WHAT EFFECT DOES FOOD COLOR HAVE ON THE AMOUNT OF FOOD FISH EAT?
• WHAT EFFECT DOES LIGHT HAVE ON PLANT GROWTH?
• WHAT EFFECT DOES PARENT’S SUPPORT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF
STUDENTS?
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WHAT IS HYPOTHESIS?
• EDUCATED GUESS OR PRESUMPTION BASED ON LITERATURE
• STATES THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE
VARIABLES

• PREDICTS THE RESEARCH OUTCOME

• RESEARCH STUDY DESIGNED TO TEST THE RELATIONSHIP DESCRIBED IN
THE HYPOTHESIS
ASSESSING HYPOTHESES
• SIMPLY STATED?
• SINGLE SENTENCE?
• AT LEAST TWO VARIABLES?
• VARIABLES CLEARLY STATED?
• IS THE RELATIONSHIP/DIFFERENCE PRECISELY STATED?
• TESTABLE?
NULL HYPOTHESES
• IMPLICIT COMPLEMENTARY STATEMENT TO THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
• STATES NO RELATIONSHIP/DIFFERENCE EXISTS BETWEEN VARIABLES
• THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE (OR RELATIONSHIP) BETWEEN . . .
• ASSUMED TO BE TRUE UNTIL SUPPORT FOR THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS IS
DEMONSTRATED

• REPRESENTED BY SYMBOL H0
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NULL HYPOTHESES
• THE HYPOTHESIS THAT MAY BE TRUE IF THE NULL IS REJECTED, IT SUGGESTS
A CHANGE A RELATIONSHIP, OR A DIFFERENCE
• MAGNITUDE STATEMENTS SUCH AS HIGHER, LOWER, MORE POSITIVE, MORE
FAVORABLE

• REPRESENTED BY SYMBOL H0
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EXAMPLE:
• OBSERVATION: SUGAR DISSOLVES FASTER IN LUKEWARM WATER.
• INFERENCE: TEMPERATURE AFFECTS DISSOLUTION OF SUGAR IN THE WATER
• QUESTION:
• DOES WATER TEMPERATURE AFFECT DISSOLUTION OF SUGAR?
• HOW DOES TEMPERATURE AFFECT DISSOLUTION OF SUGAR?
• HYPOTHESIS:
• H : THE TEMPERATURE OF WATER DOES NOT AFFECT THE DISSOLUTION OF SUGAR.
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• H : THE TEMPERATURE OF WATER AFFECTS THE DISSOLUTION OF SUGAR.

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