Writing a dissertation is an important milestone in higher education. Whether you are completing an undergraduate degree or pursuing a master's qualification, producing a dissertation requires more than simply collecting information and putting it into paragraphs. It involves identifying a meaningful research problem, evaluating existing knowledge, selecting appropriate research methods and...
You run the test. The Sig. column says 0.024. Brilliant, you think, until your eyes drift left and land on the correlation coefficient: -0.30.
Your hypothesis predicted a positive relationship. SPSS has just handed you a negative one.
So, is your hypothesis supported? No, it isn’t. But what you do next matters more than the answer, and it’s where dissertation marks are quietly won...
