The Introduction to Chapter 3 should be no more than half a page in length. This section should present the general purpose of the third chapter and describe for the reader the general layout of the sections that follow. 

Chapter 3 will present the methods and procedures of the study. For the purpose of the presentation the chapter has been divided into five sections, namely, Description of the null hypotheses, description of the subjects, description of the research instrumentation, description of the procedures, and treatment of the data. 

This section of the chapter should contain a list of all of the null-hypotheses, which are to be tested in the study. You should not present alternative, directional, hypotheses in this section of the chapter, since they are incapable of being tested statistically. 

A null-hypothesis is a statement of this type: 

“There will be no significant difference between group A and group B on variable C.” 

The null-hypotheses should be numbered beginning with H1, H2, etc. Prior to listing the null-hypotheses, you should have an introductory statement, like this: “Following are the null-hypotheses which were poised for testing in the study.