Renata Runs a Study Looking at the Drinking Habits of Undergraduates,and

question 12

Multiple Choice

Renata runs a study looking at the drinking habits of undergraduates,and suspects the results would show that the amount a student drank will be related to his or her grade-point average (GPA) .Instead,she finds that drinking habits (amount of drinks per week) are not related to GPA.This means that ____.

• A) Renata's hypothesis is true
• B) there is a negative correlation between alcohol consumption and GPA
• C) there is a positive correlation between alcohol consumption and GPA
• D) the null hypothesis is supported

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