Research methods essay Notes

Psychology



Variable one

Brightness of background / recall of a contents of a PowerPoint presentation

None directional hypothesis

• Brightness of background will effect contents recall
• Brightness of background will not effect recall

Directional hypothesis

• The brighter the background the more will be recalled

Variable two

Quantity of training received / self rated confidence before delivering an assembly

None directional hypothesis

• The quantity of training received will effect self rated confidence
• The quantity of training received will not effect confidence

Directional hypothesis

• The quantity of training received will increase the self-rated confidence before delivering an
assembly

Variable three

The volume of background noise / participants performance on a task

None directional hypothesis

• The volume of background noise will effect performance
• There will be no effect on performance

Directional hypothesis

The more the background noise increases the performance on a task will decrease