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- HYPOTHESIS IS A
PREDICTION OF WHAT
YOUR STUDY WILL FIND.

-IT IS A TENTATIVE PREDICTION

ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN 2 OR MORE VARIABLES.

THE STUDY MUST BE

"EXPERIMENT TYPE"

THERE ARE TYPES

OF HYPOTHESIS
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1. SIMPLE HYPOTHESIS - IS A
FORMULATED WHEN
PREDICTING A RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN A DEPENDENT AND
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES.

2. COMPLEX HYPOTHESIS -
PREDICTING A
RELATIONSHIP OF TWO OR
MORE DEPENDENT AND
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES.

3. DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS -
SPECIFIES NOT ONLY THE
EXSISTANCE BUT ALSO THE EXPECTED
DIRECTION OF RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE DEPENDENT AND
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES.
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4. NON DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESIS -A
HYPOTHESIS THAT DOEAS NOT
STIPULATE THE DIRECTION OF
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEPENDENT
AND INDEPENDENT VARIABLES.

5. NULL HYPOTHESIS - A
HYPOTHESIS FORMULATED FOR
THE PURPOSE OF STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS.

REMEMBER: A NULL HYPOTHESIS

ALWAYS EXPRESS A NEGATIVE
STATEMENT