Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 59

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A)There should be a positive relationship between the size of a country's debt service ratio and the probability of rescheduling.
• B)There should be a negative relationship between the size of a country's debt service ratio and the probability of rescheduling.
• C)There should be no relationship between the size of a country's debt service ratio and the probability of rescheduling.
• D)The relationship between the size of a country's debt service ratio and the probability of rescheduling depends on a set of variables relating to the borrowing country.

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Definitions:

P-value

The odds of getting results from a test that are as extreme as or exceed the extremity of the observed results, on the assumption that the null hypothesis is in effect.

Population Correlation

A measure of the strength and direction of association that exists between two variables measured across an entire population.

Alternative

In hypothesis testing, this refers to the hypothesis that contradicts the null hypothesis, suggesting some effect or difference exists.

Null Hypothesis

In statistical testing, it is the assertion that there is no effect or no difference, used as a default hypothesis to challenge with experimental evidence.