Reading Assignment for Section 3.1

Read the following subsection from our online textbook: Section 3.1: Writing Research Hypotheses.

What You Will Learn

In this section, you’ll develop the ability to formulate clear and precise research hypotheses in social sciences, focusing on naming and explaining relationships between variables, making declarative statements, and specifying the target population. You’ll master crafting hypotheses with explicit comparisons and limited scope, ensuring brevity, consistency, and clarity. Additionally, you’ll understand the importance of framing testable hypotheses with operational definitions of variables, emphasizing scientific integrity, replicability, and coherent presentation for accessible research.

Student Learning Outcomes for Section 3.1

• SLO 1: Develop the ability to formulate clear and precise research hypotheses in social sciences, including naming and explaining relationships between variables, making declarative statements, and specifying the target population, while balancing brevity with specificity.
• SLO 2: Master the skills of crafting a hypothesis with explicit comparisons and limited scope, ensuring the avoidance of unnecessary words, and maintaining consistency in naming variables, to facilitate clarity and focus in research.
• SLO 3: Understand the importance of framing testable hypotheses with operational definitions of variables, emphasizing scientific integrity and replicability, and prioritize the presentation of hypotheses for coherent and accessible scientific research.

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