The hypothesis that an effect or relationship exists (or exists in a specific direction) in the population is the ______.
a. alternative hypothesis
b. statistical hypothesis
c. null hypothesis
d. critical region
Ans: A
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A. was filled with hope and enlightened humanity B. was fraught with labels suggesting "tainted genes" and divine retribution C. inspired a belief that the mentally ill were incurable and should be executed or jailed for the rest of their lives D. was neither uniform nor entirely positive
During prenatal development, the tail end of the neural tube will develop into the _____, and the opposite end will develop into the _____.
A) peripheral nervous system; central nervous system B) spinal cord; brain C) right hemisphere; left hemisphere D) hindbrain; spinal cord
In testing Adler's birth order thesis, Hudson found that:
a. middle-borns were overrepresented among world leaders, whereas first-borns were underrepresented b. first-borns were overrepresented among world leaders, whereas middle- and last-borns were underrepresented c. female first-borns were overrepresented among world leaders, whereas male first-borns were underrepresented d. middle- and last-borns were as likely to world leaders as first-borns
Benito's doctor has just diagnosed Benito with tertiary syphilis. Benito _________
A) ?should not be concerned, because tertiary syphilis is the least serious form of the disease. B) ?has no treatment options at this stage. C) ?should get a second opinion given that syphilis has pretty much been eliminated in the United States in the past several decades. D) ?would likely benefit from treatment involving intramuscular injections of penicillin.