Jake's+Hypothesis


 * Jacob Lindsay ** :
 * Background: When applying for a job position, an interviewee must demonstrate great interest in the position and a professional demeanor.
 * Research Questions (hypothesis): contacting the hiring manager after the interview to express appreciation for his or her consideration increases the interviewee's chances of being hired.
 * Condition 1 (control): interviewee does not contact the hiring manager after the interview.
 * Condition 2: interviewee contacts the hiring manager by phone to express gratitude for the interview.
 * Condition 3: interviewee contacts the hiring manager by email to express gratitude for the interview.
 * Condition 4: interviewee contacts the hiring manager by mail to express gratitude for the interview.

__**Flint's Comments/Suggestion**__

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**General:** It appears that based on our decision to focus on one area to do our research (finding employment) our research questions/hypotheses looked similar, however we failed to incorporate the principles of effective instruction outlined by Mayor in the Science of Instruction or the principles of  identifying and designing effective, efficient and engaging instructional products prescribed by Merrill in the First Principles of Instruction. Our hypotheses do not relate to learning, instruction or assessment as recommended by Dr Merrill for this assignment. ======

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 Jake, I do think that your hypothesis has all the criteria of a good research problem. It is simple, concise, feasible and researchable. However based on Condition 1, it probably would have been easier to state in he the hypothesis what you are comparing against. It could have been framed something like this:   ======

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 An interviewee who contacts  hiring manager after the interview to express appreciation for his or her consideration is twice likely to be hire than one who does not. Or: ======

A n interviewee who contacts hiring manager after the interview to express appreciation increases his or her chances of being hired by 50%
 