Framing Questions as Hypotheses Unit 3 B: page 8 of 24
 

H1: Students who write one-minute papers will perform better on a subsequent a. essay b. multiple choice quiz than students who do not write one-minute papers.

H1 actually contains two hypotheses. Why?

H2: Students who address their one-minute papers to a novice audience will perform better on a subsequent quiz than students who address their papers to the instructor.

H3: Students whose one-minute papers are graded will perform better on a subsequent quiz than students whose one-minute papers are not graded.

 

H4: The difference in quiz performance between students who do and do not write one minute papers will be less for higher ability students than for lower ability students.

In some studies, questions are most usefully framed as hypotheses to be tested. All of these hypotheses were successfully tested in the referenced study.

Almer, E.D., Jones, K., & Moeckel, C.L. (1998) “The Impact of One-Minute Papers on Learning in an Introductory Accounting Course.” Issues in Accounting Education (13) 3