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Lobcity

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on: Jun 20, 2018
Refer to Exhibit 6-1. Pat has three sisters and a brother.
 
  a. Nominal
  c. Interval
  b. Ordinal
  d. Ratio

Question 2

What is the purpose of a null hypothesis in a research study?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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A null hypothesis permits researchers to assess whether an apparent relationship is genuine or is likely to be a function of chance. If statistical tests indicate that the observed relationship has only a very slight probability of occurring by chance, then we can reject the null in favor of the alternate hypothesis.


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