Writing the Hypothesis in Research

In our everyday life we often make guesses, as to why certain things or events happen. Some of these guesses may be influenced by our beliefs, observations and experiences. We also try to relate these events to find a conclusion. What we do is, we make hypothesis, but we don't name it as hypothesis. When we do research we too have to relate our variables under study. These relationships are all predictions because we are still searching and nothing is clear. But to have a direction in the study we have to generate hypothesis by relating variables under study. What does Hypothesis mean? Hypothesis state the expected relationship between the independent variable (the presumed cause or antecedent) and the dependent variable (the presumed effect or outcome) within a population. Hypothesis, ideally, should be based on sound, justifiable rationales because if prediction does not express an anticipated relationship, it cannot be tested.