The Owners of the Syfy Channel Are Interested in Whether

question 8

Multiple Choice

The owners of the Syfy channel are interested in whether watching the Syfy channel causes people to become "geeky," and if so, whether any such effects depend on a person's gender.They hire a researcher to design and carry out the appropriate study.The researcher randomly assigns an equal number of men and women to watch 0, 3, 5, or 9 hours of the Syfy channel each week for 6 weeks.What is the null hypothesis for the main effect of gender?

• A) On average, men and women are equally geeky.
• B) On average, men are geekier than women.
• C) On average, watchers are equally geeky regardless of the hours of the Syfy channel they watch.
• D) On average, men are geekier than women when watching fewer hours but less geeky than women when watching more hours of the Syfy channel.

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