Mehl (2007) Published a Study in the Journal Science Reporting

question 4

Multiple Choice

Mehl (2007) published a study in the journal Science reporting the results of an extensive study of 396 men and women comparing the number of words uttered per day by each sex.If Mehl was testing the idea that women talk more than men, what type of hypothesis test would he conduct?

• A) one-tailed test
• B) two-tailed test
• C) nonparametric test
• D) z test

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