A researcher is interested in the effect that neighborhood crime-watch efforts have on the crime rate in the inner city, but he is unwilling to predict the direction of the difference. The appropriate test of hypothesis would be

a. one-tailed.
b. two-tailed.
c. descriptive.
d. symmetrical.


ANSWER: b

Sociology

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