In Order to Be Considered Scientific, a Hypothesis Must Be

question 11

Multiple Choice

In order to be considered scientific, a hypothesis must be

• A) testable.
• B) believed true by a majority of experts.
• C) proven.
• D) stated in very general terms.

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Definitions:

Ordinal

Pertaining to a type of data or scale that expresses order or ranking among categories without implying precise measurements.

Friedman Test

A non-parametric statistical test for comparing more than two related groups, assessing differences across multiple test attempts.

Rejection Region

In statistical hypothesis testing, it is the range of values for which the null hypothesis is considered improbable enough to be rejected.

Significance Level

The threshold below which a null hypothesis is rejected in a statistical test, often denoted by alpha (α) and commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.