The Authors of the Text Maintain That Using a Null

question 16

Multiple Choice

The authors of the text maintain that using a null hypothesis instead of a research hypothesis as the basis of a research is

• A) appropriate because it enables one to establish the existence of a zero relationship.
• B) appropriate because the statistical hypothesis to be tested will be a null hypothesis.
• C) inappropriate because it doesn't allow one to develop the deductive logic of the study.
• D) inappropriate because null hypotheses are seldom true in populations.

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