An Unproved Statement or Proposition About a Factor or Phenomenon

question 70

Multiple Choice

An unproved statement or proposition about a factor or phenomenon that is of interest to the researcher is called a(n) ________.

• A) theory
• B) hypothesis
• C) model
• D) experiment
• E) relationship

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Definitions:

Percentage of Defects

A quality measure indicating the proportion of defective items in a production run or sample.

On-time Deliveries

The performance metric that measures the percentage of orders delivered to the customer within the agreed-upon delivery time.