Select the best description for the following: "Children who watch an average of 2 or more hours of television per day will have higher BMIs than children who watch less than 2 hours of TV per day."
A) It is a directional hypothesis
B) It is a directional research question
C) It is a non-directional hypothesis
D) It is a non-directional research question
A
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Directional hypotheses, such as this one, specify not only the existence but the expected direction of the relationship between variables. The statement is not a non-directional research question or a directional research question. A non-directional hypothesis does not stipulate the direction of the relationship.
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