Henry Is Examining the Effectiveness of Using Scare Tactics to Manipulate

question 107

Multiple Choice

Henry is examining the effectiveness of using scare tactics to manipulate the behaviors of people living on the same island but in different regions, categorized as the beach, the valley, and the mountains.What is the first step Henry should follow for hypothesis testing?

• A) Identify population 1 as all beach inhabitants on the island, population 2 as all valley inhabitants on the island, and population 3 as all mountain inhabitants on the island.He should also use a t distribution to make comparisons employing a paired-samples t test.
• B) State the null hypothesis-there is no difference between locations on the effectiveness of scare tactics in manipulating behavior-and the research hypothesis-at least one group of island inhabitants will exhibit different behaviors as a result of the scare tactics.
• C) Use the F distribution with 2 and 51 degrees of freedom.
• D) Identify population 1 as all beach inhabitants on the island, population 2 as all valley inhabitants on the island, and population 3 as all mountain inhabitants on the island.He should also use an F distribution with a one-way between-groups ANOVA.

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