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SO00

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Most psychological research is undertaken with the hope of
 
  a. proving the null hypothesis.
  b. proving the alternative hypothesis.
  c. rejecting the null hypothesis.
  d. discovering ultimate truth.

Question 2

What is a major advantage of using null hypotheses?
 
  a. The null hypothesis gives us a starting point.
  b. If the null hypothesis is false, that provides evidence for an alternative hypothesis.
  c. We have procedures for testing null hypotheses.
  d. all of the above


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strudel15

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

C

Answer to Question 2

D


SO00

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Wow, this really help

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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