If You Hypothesize That Higher Levels of Education Will Increase

question 9

Multiple Choice

If you hypothesize that higher levels of education will increase success on parole and in testing it turns out that lower levels of education decrease success on parole

• A)you have to reject the hypothesis
• B)you need to rephrase the hypothesis
• C)you can't test this because it requires a corresponding null hypothesis that was not stated
• D)you accept the hypothesis

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