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Writing a Hypothesis
Hey everyone, I'm doing a Psych. uni assignment and I was just wondering if I could get your opinions/advice on my hypothesis, if its correct etc.
A researcher was interested in the relationship between number of employees supervised and managers’ stress levels. He asked five managers to fill out a stress questionnaire and also took note of how many employees were under their supervision.
IV - Number of employees under supervision.
DV - Stress levels.
Hypothesis - The number of employees under supervision positively affects stress levels.
Could you also, please tell me if its alright to use the word 'positively' in my hypothesis? Or should I just simply say, The more employees under supervision, the higher the stress levels.
Thank you!
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In my opinion when you hypothesize you cannot have a positive as a positive is a statement of fact. You would be better of say something like; "my research indicates."
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How about "There is a direct correlation between the number of employees under supervision and manager's stress levels"
I agree with you that the word 'positively', while technically correct, could be confusing in this context.
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