Which hypothesis is correctly stated?
1. There will be a positive relationship between the amount of time nurses spend in patient rooms and the number of times patients use their call lights.
2. Nurses' level of job satisfaction will influence their length of employment.
3. Patients who use guided imagery have less pain than patients who do not use guided imagery.
4. Is there a relationship between anxiety and ability to learn in new graduate nurses during their orientation?
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Rationale 1: This statement is written in future tense. Hypotheses are written in present tense.
Rationale 2: This hypothesis is not empirically testable as written. What does "will influence" mean?
Rationale 3: This hypothesis is written in the present tense, is empirically testable, and contains the variable and the population.
Rationale 4: Hypotheses are written as declarative statements, not questions.
Global Rationale:
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