Do not submit Exercise 3 at this time. Duplicate the format of the assignment page in an electronic file if you will be submitting your response by e-mail. In this assignment, you are to develop a research question and a research hypothesis . A research question is a general statement about what you are interested in studying. A research hypothesis is a specific statement about the relationship you expect to find between variables or between groups.
Fathers are less involved in infant care than are mothers.
The more fathers work outside the home, the less they are involved in infant care. Either of these research hypotheses would allow the researcher to begin to study this research question. The difference between these two approaches to research hypotheses is important in terms of the kinds of statistics which will be used to test the hypothesis later on. For now, though, the important thing to remember is that research hypotheses can be stated in terms of a difference between groups on the same variable, or the relationship between two variables. In this assignment, you are to develop both a general research question and a testable research hypothesis based on your research question.