Your Research Hypothesis Is That There Is a Negative Association

question 9

Multiple Choice

Your research hypothesis is that there is a negative association (as indicated by Kendall's tau-b) between social class and happiness with life. Based on the following output, the sample results are consistent with the _____, the significance level is _____, and the null hypothesis is _____.
Symmetric Measures
$\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|r|}\hline & \text { Value } & {\begin{array}{c}\text { Asymp. Std. } \\\text { Error? }\end{array}} & \text { Approx. T? } & \text { Approx, Sig. } \\\hline \text { Ordinal by Ordinal Kendall's tau-b } & .199 & .088 & 2.210 & .027 \\\text { N of Valid Cases } & 122 & & & \\\hline\end{array}$
a. Not assuming the null hypothesis.
b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis.

• A) null hypothesis … skipped … not rejected
• B) null hypothesis … .0135 … rejected
• C) research hypothesis … .0135 … rejected
• D) research hypothesis … .027 … not rejected

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