FORMULATING A

HYPOTHESIS
RESEARCH
IT HELPS TO TRANSLATE THE
HYPOTHESIS
RESEARCH PROBLEM AND
OBJECTIVES INTO A PREDICTION
OF THE EXPECTED RESULTS OR
OUTCOMES OF THE RESEARCH
STUDY
RESEARCH
HYPOTHESIS
A PREDICTION OF WHAT
YOUR STUDY WILL FIND
IMPORTANCE OF
HYPOTHESIS
•IIT PROVIDES A LINK BETWEEN
THEORIES AND ACTUAL
PRACTICAL RESEARCH
• IT SERVES AS A BRIDGE OF
BETWEEN THEORY AND REALITY
CHARACTERISTICS OF
WELL-DEFINED
HYPOTHESIS
• STATES THE EXPECTED
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
VARIABLES
2. TESTABLE
• STATES THE EXPECTED
3. DERIVED FROM THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PROBLEM STATEMENT
VARIABLES
4. SIMPLE AND CONCISE
KINDS OF HYPOTHESIS
 • NULL HYPOTHESIS
THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP OR
NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
VARIABLES.
DENOTED AS "H0 OR HO"
EXAMPLES:
• There is no relationship between customer
satisfaction and quality of product
• There is no difference between anxiety
and stress levels under Therapy B.
2. ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS

THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP OR
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
VARIABLES
DENOTED AS "HA OR H1"
EXAMPLES OF ALTERNATIVE:
• There is a positive correlation between
the price of gold and silver.
• Coffee drinkers have higher average
productivity than people who don't
drink coffee.
 TYPES OF ERROR IN
HYPOTHESIS TESTING
• TYPE I ERROR

THE NULL HYPOTHESIS

WAS REJECTED WHEN IT IS
TRUE.
 2. TYPE II ERROR
THE NULL HYPOTHESIS WAS NOT
REJECTED WHEN IT IS FALSE.