You Are Conducting a Survey of International Students Studying at Your

question 26

Multiple Choice

You are conducting a survey of international students studying at your university.Several of the questions on the survey try to determine how much exposure to American culture the student had before coming to the United States.You suspect that the more exposure the student had before arriving here,the fewer problems of adjustment he or she will report.You are looking for a(n) ____.

• A) hypothesis.
• B) negative correlation.
• C) positive correlation.
• D) independent variable.

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Definitions:

One-Tailed

Refers to a hypothesis test in statistics that specifies the direction of the difference or relationship expected between variables, either greater or less, but not both.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed differences in the data are due to chance.

Statistical Test

is a mathematical procedure applied to data in order to determine the significance of relationships or differences among variables.

Sample Size

Refers to the number of observations or units included in a study, affecting the study's power and generalizability.