IMPORTANCE OF HYPOTHESIS IN

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: AN
ANALYSIS
NAME – SHASHANK UPADHYAY
ROLL NO. – 21163
GROUP NO. – 25
SUBMITTED TO – MS. ABHINANDAN SINGH BASSI
1. WHAT IS HYPOTHESIS ?
THE HYPOTHESIS IS THE PREDICTION OF THE RESEARCHER ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE RESEARCH ON THE BASIS
OF RESOURCES HE REFERS TO.

SOURCES OF HYYPOTHESIS BY GOODE AND HATT –

(1) PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

(2)SCIENTIFIC THEORY
(3)GENERAL CULTURE
(4)ANALOGIES
 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF A WELL
FORMULATED RESEARCH
• TESTABLE AND VERIFIABLE – A HYPOTHESIS SHOULD BE BASED ON THE CURRENT RESOURCES AND
METHODS. AND IT IS NECESSARY TO EVALUATE A RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF
IT SHOULD BE ACCEPTED OR NOT.

• SIMPLE AND CLEAR - THE HYPOTHESIS SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN A SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND SHOULD BE
UNDERSTANDABLE. A HYPOTHESIS MUST BE CLEAR BEFORE THE RESEARCH

• RELEVANT – A HYPOTHESIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEVANT THE RESEARCH OR TOPIC IN HAND. A

IRRELEVANT HYPOTHESIS MAY RESULT IN IRRELEVANT RESULTS.
3. TYPES OF HYPOTHESES
• WORKING HYPOTHESIS
• DESCRIPTIVE HYPOTHESIS
• RELATIONAL HYPOTHESIS
• STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS
• RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
• NULL HYPOTHESIS
4. HYPOTHESIS IMPORTANCE

5. FORMULATING A HYPOTHESIS

6. HYPOTHESIS TESTING