Steven suspects that responding to e-mail increases stress. He sets up a computer program to randomly e-mail people to participate in his study. He recognizes that different groups of people may respond to stress differently, so his program is designed to e-mail an equal percentage of men and women. What is Steven’s null hypothesis?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Responding to e-mail is not related to stress.
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