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What are the characteristics of a good hypothesis?
What are the characteristics of a good hypothesis?
- Ambiguous, stated after testing, worded in future tense
- Simple, specific, capable of being tested, unambiguous (correct)
- Complex, general, capable of being tested
- Complex, general, worded in past tense
What is the function of a hypothesis?
What is the function of a hypothesis?
- To translate the research question into a prediction of expected outcome (correct)
- To summarize the main elements of the study
- To outline the methods for statistical tests
- To provide an overview of previous studies
What type of hypothesis specifies the expected direction of the relationship between predictor and outcome variables?
What type of hypothesis specifies the expected direction of the relationship between predictor and outcome variables?
- Directional Hypothesis (correct)
- Non-Directional Hypothesis
- Null Hypothesis
- Simple Hypothesis
Which function does a good hypothesis exercise?
Which function does a good hypothesis exercise?
What does the null hypothesis state?
What does the null hypothesis state?
Which type of hypothesis states only that an association exists without specifying the direction?
Which type of hypothesis states only that an association exists without specifying the direction?