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What are the top five characteristics of a good research question?
Testable Interesting Relevant Feasible Ethical
Ethical
Protection of rights (both human and animal) Management of risk
Testable
can be answered with an experiment Includes cause and effect relationships Have a falsifiable hypothesis
Relevant
Raised in literature Fills gap in knowledge
Interesting
Intrigues and motivates Can’t be too broad or too narrow
Feasible
Can it be done (or can time and money help) Realistic timelines
What is a Research Question?
A research question is the question that the research project sets out to answer.
What is a Hypothesis?
A hypothesis is not a question, but rather it is a statement about the relationship between two or more variables.
What are the components of a complete hypothesis?
• The variables • The population • The relationship between the variables
what does a hypothesis do?
The hypothesis translates the research question into a prediction of expected outcomes.
What are the key steps in developing a hypothesis from a research question?
Step 1: Translate concepts into measurable variables Step 2: Determine your population Step 3: Predict a relationship (a clear cause and effect)