Flag question: Question1 The research hypothesis refers to the ______, whereas the null hypothesis refers to the ______. Group of answer choices population; sample sample; population direction; sample population; direction

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The research hypothesis refers to the ______, whereas the null hypothesis refers to the ______.
Group of answer choices
population; sample
sample; population
direction; sample
population; direction
 
 
 
Flag question: Question 2
What does a good research question help to guide in the research process?
Group of answer choices
hypothesis
correlation
generalizability
sampling error
 
 
 
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Having a representative sample allows you to generalize your results to a ______.
Group of answer choices
smaller population
larger sample
smaller sample
larger population
 
 
 
Flag question: Question 4
What are the two main categories of hypotheses?
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null and research
research and population
research and sample
null and sample
 
 
 
Flag question: Question 5
What of the following posits a difference between groups where the difference is specified?
Group of answer choices
the null hypothesis
a nondirectional hypothesis
a directional hypothesis
the research hypothesis
 
 
 
Flag question: Question 6
“Bear cubs born in the northern woods will have thicker fur than bear cubs born in the southern woods.” This is an example of which of the following?
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a nondirectional hypothesis
a directional hypothesis
the null hypothesis
the tentative hypothesis
 
 
 
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Which of the following is a directional test?
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one-tailed test
two-tailed test
the null hypothesis
the research hypothesis
 
 
 
Flag question: Question 8
The group you want to generalize your results to is the ______.
Group of answer choices
general group
sampling error
sample
population
 
 
 
Flag question: Question 9
Hypotheses ideally reflect the theory or literature on which they are based.
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True
False
 
 
 
Flag question: Question 10
The basis for the normal curve is ______.
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symmetry

probability

the mean
asymptotics
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