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Stating the Purpose

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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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