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kfurse

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A researcher formed the following hypothesis: Good children receive more positive attention from their parents than bad children. The main problem with this hypothesis is:
 
  a. The hypothesis is too specific.
  b. The hypothesis does not define the sample of interest.
  c. Good children' and bad children' are too vague and abstract.
  d. There is no problem with the hypothesis.

Question 2

You hypothesize that lack of sleep impairs cognitive ability. In order to test your hypothesis, you will have to determine how to define and measure lack of sleep' and cognitive ability'. This is another way of saying that you will have to:
 
  a. develop a research question
  b. develop a theory
  c. develop a hypothesis
  d. create an operational definition


rleezy04

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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