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My research question is - what is the relationship between socioeconomic status and child abuse. I have to state the null and alternate hypothesis, align the the hypothesis with the research questions and identify and describe the type of research hypothesis (differences, relationship and effects). I think I stated my hypothesis's correctly, but am unsure where to begin for the rest of the assignment......oh, also is a survey an appropriate measurement instrument to analyze numeric data for this hypothesis ? thanks!

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Hello. I think that your hypothesis of "what is the relationship between socioeconomic status and child abuse" is good. I would be interested in the results since there does seem to have a relationship between the two. I hope this help you to begin your assignment. If you need anything else, please let me know. Good luck.

Where to begin is to first you state a hypothesis, which you have done. Next, is to state the null and alternative hypothesis. The null is your hypothesis is false (H; p=0... depends on the amount of data being collect/survey questions and people) and the alternative is your hypothesis is true (H; p> set number). The research questions part is to search the ...

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