Michele Hypothesizes That an Individual Who Gets Eight Hours of Sleep

question 21

Multiple Choice

Michele hypothesizes that an individual who gets eight hours of sleep, takes a shower, eats a nutritious breakfast, and works under severe time constraints will do worse on a task than an individual who gets eight hours of sleep, takes a shower, eats a nutritious breakfast, but who does not work under the same severe time constraints. Michele's hypothesis violates which criterion for acceptable hypotheses?

• A) correspondence with reality
• B) inclusiveness
• C) coherence and parsimony
• D) falsifiability

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Definitions:

Productivity

The efficiency with which an organization or individual converts inputs into outputs, often measured as the amount of goods or services produced per unit of input.

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The provision of light, making something visible or brightened, or the process of clarifying and making something understood.

Productivity

The measure of how efficiently resources are used to produce goods and services.