If We Are Testing a Hypothesis That a Sample Mean

question 50

True/False

If we are testing a hypothesis that a sample mean does not differ from a hypothesized value at the 95 percent level of confidence, and we arrive at a z value of 1.99, we would fail to support the hypothesis.

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Definitions:

Violent Behaviour

Actions that involve force or the threat of force to harm others.

Testable Hypothesis

A statement about the world that can be verified or discredited through empirical observation or experimentation.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is expected to change as a result of manipulations made to the independent variable.

Dependent Variable

In scientific research, the variable that is being tested and measured; it is expected to change as a result of variations in the independent variable.