Purchase Solution

Doing Research

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Most researchers formulate the hypothesis for their research project before they actually start the data collection process. Why do you think this is necessary? Do all research projects need to be hypothesis driven? Why?

When preparing your response to this question it will be necessary to consider the definition and purpose of a hypothesis. Presumable the hypothesis is a statement of expectation between two variables of interest. In that regard is may be nothing more than an educated guess. What is meant by â??educatedâ? is that it is based on some research and knowledge of the particular phenomena the researcher intends to investigate. That being said the definition of a hypothesis is directly related to the purpose, testing a relationship between two variables. For example a hypothesis may simply state that there is a positive relationship between shoe size and IQ. To make such a judgment it is necessary to have some information concerning the causes and facts related to measurement of shoe size along with how IQ is determined. Please take these issues into consideration when forming your response to this question.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

The solution provides insight, advise and information to help the student tackle the task on doing research and data analysis (see above).

Solution Preview

The researcher is usually interested in the subject and has an idea of the what or why and from that they can formulate a hypothesis. The research is then based on finding support for or against the hypothesis. Having a hypothesis allows the researcher to focus on information ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Canadian Politics

A brief look into various aspects of Canadian Politics.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Sites that provide info and resources about survey research

    386880 Survey research internet sites Search the Web for sites that provide information and resources about survey research. List the URL's of 10 sites that provide information about doing survey research or provide data for doing survey research.

  • Conducting a comparitive study of two schools

    CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE WHETHER AND TO WHAT EXTENT A RELATIONSHIP EXISTS BETWEEN 2 OR MORE VARIABLES, SO SINCE YOUR DOING A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TWO SCHOOLS CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH WOULD BE CALLED FOR ALSO.

  • Correlation and significant level steps

    Then I used Excel to do linear regression between the time spent doing online research compared to off line research as follows.

  • Advantages of using secondary data over primary data

    459714 Market Research. What are the advantages of using secondary data over primary data when doing Market Research? Disadvantages? How might Primary Data be obtained? Benefits? Disadvantages?

  • Doing a perfect research

    Doing a Perfect Research: Given the meaning of research and considering the growth of all aspects of scientific discoveries, is there hope of doing perfect research?

  • Quantitative and Qualitative Research Approaches

    It is also about doing qualitative and quantitative research methods.

  • pitfalls of a company doing their own research

    311290 Companies doing their own research and potential pitfalls What are some of the potential pitfalls of a company doing their own research, even if they have a dedicated research department?

  • Role of Statistics

    Anytime you go online to find something, you are actually doing research! Anytime you ask someone a question, you are actually doing research! You are trying to find the answer to your question.

  • Constructs and Variables in Research

    Constructs are often utilized in doing research on abstract ideas that cannot be measured but can be explored and understood.

  • Hofstede's five cultural dimensions

    Use the Cybrary and the Internet to conduct research and locate background and cultural information on these countries. What specifics did you learn about doing business in each of the three targeted countries?

View More Related Solutions