When an Hypothesis Is Stated in Such a Way That

question 56

Multiple Choice

When an hypothesis is stated in such a way that the event to be explained becomes the explanation itself (e.g. ,the child is distractable because he has attention deficit disorder) ,the hypothesis is said to be

• A)inadequately defined.
• B)appealing to forces not recognized by science.
• C)circular.
• D)redundant.

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Definitions:

Scatterplot

A type of graphical representation in which individual data points are plotted to examine the relationship between two variables.

Points

In statistics, refers to data points on a graph or in a dataset.

Residuals

The difference between the observed values of the dependent variable and the values predicted by the model in regression analysis.

Scatterplots

Graphs in which the values of two variables are plotted along two axes, the pattern of the resulting points revealing any correlation present.