HYPOTHESIS VS PROPOSITION

HYPOTHESIS AND PROPOSITION

• a prediction of the possible outcomes of a study by
restating the research question
No Hypothesis Proposition

1 Quantitative Qualitative

2 stated at the beginning of a study emerge as a study progresses

3 to be tested against the data to be viewed as flexible tools

intended to help guide
researchers in their collection
and analysis of qualitative data.
STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS IN
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Null Hypothesis Alternative
(H0) Hypothesis (Ha)

Stating there is no Stating there is

relationship between relationship between
the variables in the the variables in the
population. population.

Stating there is no Stating there is

impact of treatment impact of treatment
on dependent on dependent
variable variable
 Examples
• Research Problem: does applying scientific
approach significantly improve the students’
score in reading comprehension?
– Ho: applying scientific approach does not
significantly improve the students’ score in
reading comprehension
– Ha: applying scientific approach significantly
improve the students’ score in reading
comprehension
• Research Problem: is using animated video
more significant than picture series to
increase students’ score in vocabulary test?
– Ho: using animated video is not more significant
than picture series to increase students’ score in
vocabulary test
– Ha: using animated video is more significant than
picture series to increase students’ score in
vocabulary test
 TASK
• Formulate 10 Statistical Hypotheses based on
your quantitative research problem