Which of the Following Is Not an Appropriate Statement of a Hypothesis

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an appropriate statement of a hypothesis?

• A) Does place of residence-urban versus rural-affect tolerance?
• B) Rural residents are less tolerant than urban residents.
• C) As the size of one's community increases, one's level of tolerance increases.
• D) If someone resides in a rural area, then he or she tends to be intolerant; if someone resides in an urban area, then he or she tends to be tolerant.

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Definitions:

Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient

A rank correlation metric that does not rely on parametric assumptions to evaluate how effectively a monotonic function describes the connection between two variables.

Ordinal Variables

A type of variable where the order of the values is significant, but the differences between the values are not necessarily consistent.

Interval Variables

Interval variables are a type of quantitative variable that have ordered values with consistent differences but no true zero point, such as temperature in Celsius.

T-Table Values

Values in a table that represent critical values of the t-distribution used in hypothesis testing, dependent on the desired significance level and degrees of freedom.