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Develop a related purpose statement sentence and a related research question for

ID: 3202982 • Letter: D

Question

Develop a related purpose statement sentence and a related research question for the hypotheses stated below (an example is shown below)

a) Null: There is no significant difference in the scores before administering the treatment and after administering the treatment.

Alternative: There is a significant difference in the scores before administering the treatment and after administering the treatment.

Purpose statement:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Research question:____________________________________________________________________________________________

b) Null: The average age of the books in the library is not significantly greater than 20 years

Alternative: The average age of the books in the library is significantly greater than 20 years

Purpose statement:___________________________________________________________________________________________

Research question:____________________________________________________________________________________________

Example

Null: A multi-dimensional literacy intervention program will result in a non-significant effect on the academic progress among poor freshmen readers.

Alternative: A multi-dimensional literacy program will significantly increase academic progress among poor freshmen readers.

Purpose statement: The purpose of this quantitative study is to determine the effectiveness of a multi-dimensional literacy intervention program on the academic progress among poor freshmen readers.

Research question: What is the effectiveness of a multi-dimensional literacy intervention program on the academic progress among poor freshmen readers?

Example

Null: A multi-dimensional literacy intervention program will result in a non-significant effect on the academic progress among poor freshmen readers.

Alternative: A multi-dimensional literacy program will significantly increase academic progress among poor freshmen readers.

Purpose statement: The purpose of this quantitative study is to determine the effectiveness of a multi-dimensional literacy intervention program on the academic progress among poor freshmen readers.

Research question: What is the effectiveness of a multi-dimensional literacy intervention program on the academic progress among poor freshmen readers?

Explanation / Answer

Purpose statement: The purpose of the test is to determine whether there is statistical evidence that the mean difference between paired observations on a particular outcome is significantly different from zero.  

Research questions :How you determine whether significant difference in the scores before administering the treatment and after administering the treatment?