Help- operational hypothesis.

[Hutchoo]

How the results will be recorded

soo...the marks will be written down? how do i include that in my hypothesis.

Well, something like marks will be written down is usually part of the procedure section.

What I think Hutchoo means is that you need to define how exactly are the concepts that you've mention going to be measured.

Yes, thank you Sorry- I'm not very good at explaining some concepts.

[littlebecc]

so the operationalisation of the dependent variable would be (for example) These results will be recorded by the VCAA accurate long term memory test. ?

[littlebecc]

define how exactly are the concepts that you've mention going to be measured.

So would i put in there something like....specifically the recall of how many words can be remembered and associated. ??

[bomb]

Operational Hypothesis: It was hypothesized that VCE psychology students from -insert school- will have a more accurate transfer of information to long term memory using elaborative rehearsal in a 30 second time frame, which involves taking about 10 seconds to form a mental image of each word pair, compared to those who used maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times to try to transfer information to long term memory - operationalised as the number of word pairs correctly recalled.

[Glockmeister]

so the operationalisation of the dependent variable would be (for example) These results will be recorded by the VCAA accurate long term memory test. ?

No that's not it. You don't have to mention how the results are going to be measured.

What you have to said is that you have to state the hypothesis that makes it tangible or concrete, so that a person could read it and get an idea on how you intend to measure the concept your experiment is about.

define how exactly are the concepts that you've mention going to be measured.

So would i put in there something like....specifically the recall of how many words can be remembered and associated. ??

Yeah something like that.

Operational Hypothesis: It was hypothesized that VCE psychology students from -insert school- will have a more accurate transfer of information to long term memory using elaborative rehearsal in a 30 second time frame, which involves taking about 10 seconds to form a mental image of each word pair, compared to those who used maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times to try to transfer information to long term memory - operationalised as the number of word pairs correctly recalled.

Try if you can put it into the sentence itself, doing things like dashes is seen as a bit too informal for this sort of writing.

[littlebecc]

yep, bomb. that's what i added too.
Thanks so much for your help guys! Swear i wouldn't know what i'd do without this site.
Cheers!

[littlebecc]

glock- how about...

: It was hypothesized that VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL will transfer information from short term to long term memory more accurately using elaborative rehearsal in a 30 second time frame, which involves taking about 10 seconds to form a mental image of each word pair, compared to VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL- who used maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times to try to transfer information to long term memory.  These results will be recorded by how many word pairs can be remembered and associated.

[bomb]

glock- how about...

: It was hypothesized that VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL will transfer information from short term to long term memory more accurately using elaborative rehearsal in a 30 second time frame, which involves taking about 10 seconds to form a mental image of each word pair, compared to VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL- who used maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times to try to transfer information to long term memory.  These results will be recorded by how many word pairs can be remembered and associated.

Id change that to:

It was hypothesized that VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL will encode information from short term to long term memory more accurately, hence recalling more of the word pairs correctly, using elaborative rehearsal in a 30 second time frame, which involves taking approximately 10 seconds to form a mental image of each word pair, compared to VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL- who used maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times to try to transfer information to long term memory.  


Or a new one:

It is hypothesised that VCE Psychology Students from (Sch) will encode information to LTM more efficiently using elaborative rehearsal by visualising each word pair for 10 seconds, and hence recall a higher proportion of words, as opposed to students who use maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times.

[Hutchoo]

Think of the IV and the DV as a television with bunny ears as its antenna.

IV = the bunny ears, you can change the bunny ears around- meaning the IV in an experiment is something that can be controlled/changed.
DV= The actual picture given from the bunny ears, the DV cannot be changed, meaning that the DV in the experiment is a result..
For example:
Students who study while listening to classical music tend to get higher study scores for psychology than those who don't.

IV= Music that is being played etc.[Things that can be changed]

DV= Result of the students. [Result]

EV= How loud the music is played... What artist they listen to etc. [EV are factors that can change the experiments DV]



Just a revision if you're not 100% sure on what an IV/DV/EV is.
 

[Glockmeister]

glock- how about...

: It was hypothesized that VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL will transfer information from short term to long term memory more accurately using elaborative rehearsal in a 30 second time frame, which involves taking about 10 seconds to form a mental image of each word pair, compared to VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL- who used maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times to try to transfer information to long term memory.  These results will be recorded by how many word pairs can be remembered and associated.

Id change that to:

It was hypothesized that VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL will encode information from short term to long term memory more accurately, hence recalling more of the word pairs correctly, using elaborative rehearsal in a 30 second time frame, which involves taking approximately 10 seconds to form a mental image of each word pair, compared to VCE psychology students from -SCHOOL- who used maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times to try to transfer information to long term memory. 


Or a new one:

It is hypothesised that VCE Psychology Students from (Sch) will encode information to LTM more efficiently using elaborative rehearsal by visualising each word pair for 10 seconds, and hence recall a higher proportion of words, as opposed to students who use maintenance rehearsal by repeating each word pair aloud five times.

I'd go with the bottom one actually -> it's reads a lot easier than the first one which is bulky and hard to read.