It is observed that various Thesis included the Hypothesis in Chapter 01 also, as per its proper place after literature review in Chapter 02. Is this viable practice?
Research Question, Research Objective and Research Hypothesis portray the same tone so what is the difference between writing the hypothesis in chapter 01 and chapter 02?
Writing a hypothesis in chapter two after the literature review is a good idea since you will have identified the problem during the phase of reading and writing about the existing pieces of literature about your study. So the research will simply just be ready to propose a solution to the existing identified existing research gaps.
While there is merit in your observation, note that before you even begin penning anything down on a research topic, it is expected that you should have already done extensive LR in that direction. This means you should have had sufficient information to even formulate a hypothesis that you can insert anywhere you wish to in the thesis; assuming you were allowed to do so - but you are not. The proper place is in chapter 1.
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