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Anybody’s
guess
Biased or
valuaden
statement
Topic Prases
Partial
Criteriastatements
Complete
criteria
statements
Present the purpose clearly and
unambiguously in declarative or
question form
In purpose statement, present
relationship between two or more
variables and state population to be
examined
Make the variables and population you
specify consistent with variables
operationalized in the instrumentation
subsection and with population
operationalized in sampling or subjectssubsection
Make the purpose researcheble or
amenable to empiricalverification
Crystallized
clarity
Purpose Statement or QuestionLevel Criteria Result
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Creating the Purpose Statement
• To compare the effectiveness of two reading
methods, sight and phonics
• The relative effectiveness of the sight reading
method compare to the phonics-reading method• To determine if differences exist among three
counseling techniques in decreasing test anxiety
in high school juniors
• How do three counseling techniques in their
effectiveness in decreasing test anxiety in highschool juniors
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Differences or Relationships
Differ or differences
Related or
relationship
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Developing and Evaluating Purpose
Statements
The purpose should be :
• presented clearly an unambigously in declarative orquestion form
•Present the relationship between two or morevariable and state the population to be examined
• Consistent with the variables operationalized in theinstrumentation subsection and with the population
operationalized in the sampling or subjectssubsection
• Researcheble or amenable to empirical verification
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Using declarative or Interrogative
Statements
• The first criterion is to state it with maximum
clarity and without ambiguity or inconsistency
• The experimenter should state the problem
fully and precisely
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Specifying Variables and Population
Basic
consideration
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Making Sure the Problem is
Researchable
The purpose should be
resarchable or amenable
to empiricalinvestigation A good
statement
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The variable are presented at a general
conceptual level :
• Retention of basic mathematical conceps, and
type of instruction at two level – traditional
and modern
• The population – elementary school children –
also is stated
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Levels of Purpose Statements
Anybody’s
guess
Biased or
valuaden
statement
Topic
Prases
Partial
Criteria
statements
Complete
criteriastatements
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