The statement "There is no relationship between nurses' ages and their level of assertiveness" is which type of hypothesis?
1. Research hypothesis.
2. Directional hypothesis.
3. Nondirectional hypothesis.
4. Null hypothesis.
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Rationale 1: A research hypothesis states the expected relationship between variables.
Rationale 2:
Rationale 3: In a nondirectional hypothesis, the researcher merely predicts that a relationship exists.
Rationale 4: The null hypothesis states the absence of a relationship; it predicts that there is no relationship between variables.
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