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Quantitative Data Analysis
Simply Explained Using SPSS

Purpose of the Hypothesis

1. The hypothesis is a testable statement that the researcher
can either reject or retain.

2. Enables the researcher to make a statement about how the
variables in the study may be related.

3. Stimulates a research endeavor that results in the
accumulation of new knowledge.

4. The hypothesis provides a framework for reporting the
findings and conclusions of the study.

5. Helps to organize the findings when writing a paper, more
readable

6. Empirical observations can only support or not support
hypotheses.

7. Hypotheses can only support or not support (falsify)
theories (cannot prove or disprove theories).

8. It also helps us to specify the population, what type of data
we need, relationship between variables, statistical analyses
to use.

9. A statistical hypothesis provides a specific relational
statement that can be statistically tested.

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