A psychologist expects that scores on a measure of conscientiousness will be related to students' performance in class. This is an example of what type of hypothesis?

A. Predictive
B. Causal
C. Untestable
D. Research question


Answer: A

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a. 4th week c. 8th week b. 6th week d. 10th week

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