Failing to Support the Scientific Hypothesis Could Result for Numerous

question 9

Multiple Choice

Failing to support the scientific hypothesis could result for numerous reasons. Which of the following is NOT among those reasons?

• A) the scientific hypothesis was conceived properly, but was actually false
• B) the literature review was misinterpreted, leading to a misconceived scientific hypothesis
• C) one or more prior studies may have been wrong, leading to a misconceived scientific hypothesis
• D) the null hypothesis was conceived properly, and was false

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of numerical data, indicating how spread out the values are from the mean.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated or classified to determine their effect on dependent variables.

Standard Deviation

A way to quantify how much spread or differentiation exists in a dataset.

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