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| A perplexing or troubling situation |
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A statement articulating the research problem and making an argument to conduct a new study.
Usually in the 1st paragraph |
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| Restates the purpose; specifics the researcher wants to answer |
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| Prediction, only in quantitative studies and used in experimental studies |
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| Focus of Problem Statement |
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| Starts broad with narrow focus |
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| Components of Problem Statement |
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Problem Identification
Background
Scope
Consequences
Knowledge Gaps
Proposed Solution |
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| Statement of Purpose (Quantitative) |
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Study Variables
Possible Relationships b/w Variables
Population of Interest
Nature of Inquiry i.e. to test, to compare |
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| Statement of Purpose (Qualitative) |
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Central Phenomenon
Research Tradition (grounded theory)
Group, Community or Setting of Interest |
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| A predicted relationship b/w 1 (IV) and 1 (DV) |
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| Predicted relationship b/w 2 or more IV's and/or 2 or more DV's |
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| Predicts the direction of a relationship |
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| Non-directional Hypothesis |
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| Predicts the existence of a relationship, not its direction |
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| States the actual prediction of a relationship |
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| Statistical or Null Hypothesis |
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| No relationship; used only in statistical testing |
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| People with DM2 who swim 3X will have lower HgA1c's than people w/DM2 who walk 3X a week |
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Complex Hypothesis
2 or more IV's and/or DV's |
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| There is a relationship between type of exercise and number of hospital admissions in people w/ DM2 |
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| Non-directional Hypothesis |
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| People with DM2 who swim 3X will have lower HgA1c's than people w/ DM2 who walk 3X a week |
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Simple Hypothesis
1 IV & 1 DV |
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| People with DM2 who swim 3X will have lower HgA1c's and fewer hospital admissions than people w/DM2 who walk 3X a week |
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Directional Hypothesis
predicts direction of relationship |
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