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Why is it better to initiate research from a specific hypothesis instead of a broad hypothesis?
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It is important to be more specific so others know more about what you are talking about. Sometimes what you are saying may not be very clear if you do specify what your talking about.
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What is a hypthesis?
The correct spelling is hypothesis instead of hypothesis. A hypothesis is an educated guess on how you think something will work. It is a tentative statement, proposed explanation, or statement of prediction.
What was your hypothesis for the tactile localization activity?
Your teacher does not want to hear the hypothesis from some random person on the internet. The idea is for you to form your own hypothesis - just put down what you guessed would happen and be honest about it instead of trying to cheat.
What can you get instead of LimeWire?
utorrent! research it with google
What is hypothesis statement in marketing research?
HYPOTHESIS IN MARKETING RESEARCH - VIEWING IT DIFFERENTLYArticle Summary:Hypothesis is a tentative statement about the probable solution to a problem of research study well in advance prior to conducting the research study(c) V S RANGARAJANHYPOTHESIS IN MARKETING RESEARCH - VIEWING IT DIFFERENTLYI) INTRODUCTIONHypothesis is a tentative statement about the probable solution to a problem of research study well in advance prior to conducting the research studyThe statement prepared by the Researcher must have logic / evidence / supporting information substantiating the Hypothesis statement arrivedResearch studies are expected to have number of data which need to be analyzed using statistical tools ultimately to arrive at research findings. Hence it becomes inevitable for the Researcher to establish one main Hypothesis and many sub Hypothesis to support the main HypothesisThe research conducted without using the required / adequate statistical analysis at each and stage of the research process may lead the Researcher in the wrong direction making the research a futile exercise. Hence the Researcher needs to use statistical analysis in all he stages of research like Defining the population, Hypothesis formulation and Statistical data analysis, etcIf the research work does not have statistical analysis of data the Researcher need not consider establishing the HypothesisThe author wants to present the facts of the Hypothesis in a different manner than usual and hence the following explanation on the topicII) CLASSIFICATION OF HYPOTHESISHypothesis could be classified on two different ways1) Stage of the research in the entire research process2) level of importance and nature of problem on hand andType 1Hypothesis if developed based on the Stage of the research in the entire research processa) Main Hypothesisb) Sub Hypothesisa) Main HypothesisAs soon as the research problem is taken the Researcher conducts Literature study, Exploratory study, etc to become familiar with the problem thoroughly and to formulate Hypothesis.The Main Hypothesis refers to the Primary objective of the study which is arrived from the need of the studyExampleA Researcher wants to conduct research on the Reasons for decline in sales of company manufacturing andselling cars of X brand.From the experts / dealer opinion survey the researcher has found out that the sales decline is because of Customer dissatisfaction.Based on the above Exploratory research the Researcher has formulated the Main Hypothesis as the customer dissatisfaction is the reason for sales decline in the car companyThe Researcher to confirm that only the Customer dissatisfaction is the reason for the sales decline he proceeds with the following research work'Study on Customer satisfaction level on the X brand cars among its customersAfter developing the Main Hypothesis he develops many Sub Hypothesis to support the Main Hypothesisb)Sub HypothesisThe Researcher prepares questionnaire keeping the Secondary objectives in mind the answers for the questions provide information to test the HypothesisThus the Researcher develops many Sub Hypothesis to find answers for the Secondary objectives established with relevance to Primary objective- Duration of holding the car purchased by the owners is very less- Number of complaints reported by the customers are high, etcThe Sub Hypothesis will be either accepted or rejected based on the Statistical analysis conducted like percentage analysis, trend analysis, etcConsolidating the Sub Hypothesis the Researcher arrives at a conclusion whether to accept or reject the Main Hypothesis statedType 2The level of importance and nature of problem on hand for research plays an important role in developing HypothesisHypothesis classified based on the level of importance and the nature of the problem on hand are,a) No Hypothesis researchb) Tentative Hypothesisc) Well defined Hypothesisa) No Hypothesis researchWhen the research problem is of the nature like estimation, finding averages, etc the researcher cannot or may not formulate HypothesisThat is if the Researcher is proposing to use only simple Statistical tools like percentages, mean, mode, median, etc to arrive at findings the Researcher may not be interested in establishing the HypothesisexampleWhen the Researcher wants to find out the quantity of water that the students of a particular college drink daily, where no secondary data is available with the college authorities in any form, the Researcher has to proceed the research wok without any Hypothesis.One option that exists for him to formulate Hypothesis is to conduct a small sample survey with the students of the college and thus arrive at a Hypothesis. Here the Hypothesis formulated is in no way going to help the Researcher and hence he need not waste his time and energy in establishing the Hypothesis, he can as well proceed without HypothesisSince developing Main Hypothesis itself is considered as a wasteful exercise there is no question of developing Sub Hypothesis here in these type of research studiesb) Tentative Hypothesis ResearchTentative Hypothesis is the statement made by the Researcher without taking much effort in arriving at the Hypothesis and also without possessing much supportive information in formulating the Hypothesis.When the magnitude of the problem is not serious or when the problem is from a very general area, the Researcher may not be interested in spending money, effort and time in conducting exploratory research to come out the supporting information on the Hypothesis the Researcher formulates Hypothesis on a tentative manner from the data which he obtained easily and is termed as the Tentative Hypothesis.This is like the person instead of proceeding in total darkness without direction proceeding with a torch light which may be sufficient as long as his speed is very minimal. This is like from no direction situation ( No Hypothesis research condition ) to some direction situationSince the research work involves only one or two simple statistical tools the Researcher will be put to the necessity of developing one or few Sub Hypothesisc) Well defined working HypothesisOn the other hand when the research is conducted in not a popular / specialized subject area the results of which is going to be used for taking a major important decision the Researcher need to formulate a well defined workingHypothesis with necessary supporting information collected in a well defined manner with clarity using Exploratory researchSimilarly when the nature of the problem is complex the necessity of using more number of Statistical tools inevitable and hence becomes very important for the Researcher in formulating the Well defined Hypothesis to proceed with the research processFirst the Researcher arrives at the Main Hypothesis keeping the Primary objective in mind and develops many more Sub Hypothesis as and when he proceeds with statistical analysis of the data the findings of which will be combined to arrive at the findings for the Primary objectiveIII) CONCLUSIONFor research study there will be only one Main Hypothesis and many Sub Hypothesis depending on the number of secondary objectives. More the number of secondary objectives more will be the Sub Hypothesis and vice versa. Similarly more of statistical tools used more will be the Sub Hypothesis.
What attracted you to the job?
Do your research on the company before going for a job interview. If you are asked this question, make sure you can give specific reasons as to why you are attracted to that company or business instead of its competitor.
What is intensive research?
Intensive research is research that is in-depth. Instead of researching a few sources, researcher may research sources years in the past.
Difference between acceptance and rejection region?
Some researchers say that a hypothesis test can have one of two outcomes: you accept the null hypothesis or you reject the null hypothesis. Many statisticians, however, take issue with the notion of "accepting the null hypothesis." Instead, they say: you reject the null hypothesis or you fail to reject the null hypothesis. Why the distinction between "acceptance" and "failure to reject?" Acceptance implies that the null hypothesis is true. Failure to reject implies that the data are not sufficiently persuasive for us to prefer the alternative hypothesis over the null hypothesis.
What Is Syndicated Market Research and What Are the Advantages?
Syndicated market research is market research that isn't specific to one client. Because it is broad and general research that can benefit multiple companies or industries. It's main benefit is that it is cost effective. Custom research is typically more expensive as it is normally funded by one company instead of multiple companies. Some of the other benefits are that it can help companies measure brand awareness, identify industry trends, offer competitive research and provide a market overview.
What is the expression for specific gravity when kerosene is used instead of distilled water?
Specific gravity is the ratio of density of material to the density of water, so when we use Kerosin instead of water then the value will be multiplied by the specific gravity of kerosin to get the actual specific gravity.
Why don't students do their own research rather than asking here?
Good question... why don't you research that... instead of asking here.
What is a specific noun?
A specific noun is a word for specific person place or thing.For Example: Instead of saying that is a pretty doll a specific noun would be that is a pretty Barbie doll, or that is a pretty baby doll, you are saying what type of doll it is, which makes it a specific noun.Another Example: Instead of saying that's a very big tree a specific noun would be that is a very big oak tree.Another Example: Instead of saying there is a pen a specific noun would be there is a red pen
What is another research site instead of Google?
this, wiki answers, or wikipedia and ask.com.
