Developing Hypotheses and Research Questions and Literature Review

Developing Hypotheses and Research Questions Objective: To develop competency in recognizing and writing good hypotheses and research questions. Once you have a topic in mind that you want to explore, and early step in the research process is to state a formal hypothesis or research question. It cannot be vague or unclear, but must tell the reader precisely what you would like to investigate. So, take an idea and state it so that it would be capable of guiding a research project. 1. My hypothesis is: 2. The dependent variable in the hypothesis is: 3. The dependent variable would be operationally defined as: 4. One independent variable that I would use to understand the dependent variable would be: