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    02 AD856 Define The Research Objective - Research Questions and Hypotheses

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    Research Questions & Hypotheses

    AD-856
    Marcus Goncalves
    Spring 2018
    Overview

     What is a research
    question?
     How does one
    develop one?
     How does one
    evaluate one?
    Objectives: After today you
    should be able to ...

     Understand the importance of


    a well-developed research
    question.
     Be aware of numerous
    methods for generating a
    research question.
     Develop a concise research
    question.
     Be able to evaluate the
    quality of a research
    question.
     Understand the role and
    nature of publishable
    replication research.
    THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
    RESEARCH QUESTION

     The research question is the


    starting point of the study.
    Everything flows from the
    research question. It will
    determine the population to be
    studied, the setting for the
    study, the data to be collected,
    and the time period for the
    study. A clear and concisely
    stated research question is
    the most important
    requirement for a successful
    study.
    Research Cycle
    PREREQUISITES

    The most important


    prerequisite for this
    research is a
    well-cultivated curiosity.
    This seems to be a common
    characteristic possessed by
    notable researchers.
    Beyond being curious, these
    individuals also had the
    patience and tenacity to
    follow a question until
    satisfied with the answer.
    Origins of a Research Question

     Careful Observation of
    People
     Application of New
    Technology
     The Annoyance Principle
     Build on Experience
     Scientific Communications
    – Skeptical Attitude
    (questioning peers and
    status quo)
    Other Ideas and Inspirations

     Question validity of commonly held


    beliefs
     Question relationships
    – Direction of causality
    – Third variables unaccounted for?
    – Levels of analysis (can increase)
     Boundaries (generalizability) -
    external validity
    – Question validity of existing studies
    – Change settings (e.g., situational
    specificity hypothesis)
    – Change types of individuals/units
    (children/adults; e.g., Zollo study)
    Characteristics of a good research
    question
    FINER
    Feasible
    Adequate numbers of subjects?
    Adequate technical expertise?
    Affordable in time and money?
    Is it possible to measure or manipulate the
    variables?
    Interesting
    To the investigator?
    Novel
    To the field?
    Ethical
    Potential harm to subjects?
    Potential breech of subject confidentiality?
    Relevant
    To scientific knowledge/theory?
    To organizational, health or social
    management and policy?
    To individual welfare?
    Hypotheses

    Examples

    – RQ: Is a happy worker a


    productive worker?
    – H1: Happier workers are
    more productive than unhappy
    workers.

    – RQ: Does increasing the


    happiness of workers make
    them more productive?
    – H1: Increasing the happiness
    of workers does not increase
    productivity.
    Hypotheses should be developed
    before data are collected.
    Good hypotheses

     Constructs are clear


     Relationship (sign,
    direction if experimental,
    type of moderation) is
    clear
     Population often
    included
     Design/statistical
    method often clear
    – Mean differences
    – Compared to who?
    (can’t have a “more”
    without a “than”
    – Related (correlation)
     The word “significant” is
    unnecessary
    Good hypotheses construction

    Statistical test is clear (usually one


    per hypothesis)
    – With mediator hypothesis
    may be
    • X will positively relate to Y
    • M will positively relate to Y
    • X will positively relate to M
    • X will not relate to Y when
    controlling for M
    – OR
    • M will mediate the positive
    relationship between X
    and Y

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