Defining the Problem and Developing Theory - Developing a theoretical framework
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What is included in developing a theoretical framework?
- Defing the variables the are included in the study
- Building the conceptual model
- Formulating expectations, hypotheses for the realtionships between variables
What makes a good variable defenition?
- Informative variable name (if possible short)
- Variable definition without jargon
- Based on a careful literature review
- Unless very obvious
- One or two supporting references per variable definition
What to do if many different definitions of a variable exist in literature?
- Acknowledge the major differences
- End with a definition that focuses on the shared meaning across definitions or pick one definition and justify why
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What makes a good hypothesis?
- Testable (measurable variables)
- Justified using logical arguments (based on theory)
- Unambiguously phrased
What are the two types of Hypotheses?
- Directional hypotheses (gives the direction of the hypothese, weaker stronger, negative positive)
- Undirectional hypotheses ( does not give the direction of the hypothese)
If possible directional is preferd, undirectional is lazy
How to jusitified a hypothesis?
- First argue why the hypothesis is plausbile
- Based on literature
- pitfall: Author X has said so, so it must be true
- Then conlcude with the hypothesis
- This lead to the following hypothesis
What are the two statistical hypothesis?
- Null hypothesis
- Express no relationship between variables
- Set up in order to be rejected (in favor of the alternate hypothesis)
- Alternate hypothesis
- Expresses a relationship between variables
- = research hypothesis
NULL HYPOTHESES ARE NOT PRESENTED IN RESEARCH REPORTS!
How to word the hypotheses when both variables are quantitative?
- There is a positive/negative relation between X and Y
- X has a positive/negative effect on Y
- Increasing the level of X leads to higher/lower Y
How to word the hypothese when a categorical variable is the cause and a quantitative variable is the effect?
How to word the hypotheses when a quantitative variable is the cause and a categorical variable is the effect
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