Which of the Following Is False Regarding Research Questions

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is false regarding research questions?

• A) Research questions in quantitative research are generally framed in hypotheses.
• B) Once a researchable topic is selected, researchers do not need to develop research hypotheses.
• C) Basically, a hypothesis is an informed guess about the relationship between variables.
• D) A null hypothesis means that there is no expected relationship between variables.

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Definitions:

Hypergeometric Distribution

A probability distribution used to calculate probabilities for drawing successes without replacement from a finite population.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the number of successes in a fixed number of binary experiments.

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming that these events occur with a known constant rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Hypergeometric Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that describes the number of successes in a sequence of draws from a finite population without replacement.