Which Could Be a Research Question

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which could be a research question?

• A)What does postoperative vomiting feel like, to research subjects?
• B)How is hypnosis related to smoking cessation?
• C)In an English course, how do grading, praise, practice, submitting papers for publication, and writing skills interact?
• D)What are the differences between clients with preoperative orientation and those without, in terms of procedural anxiety?
• E)How does the researcher define loneliness?

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Definitions:

Reject

In statistical hypothesis testing, to "reject" means to discard the null hypothesis in favor of the alternative hypothesis based on the evidence provided by the sample data.

Type I

A type of error in statistical hypothesis testing, occurring when the null hypothesis is wrongly rejected.

Type II

Refers to a Type II error in statistical hypothesis testing, which occurs when a false null hypothesis is not rejected.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, often denoted as a false positive.