Exam 7: Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions

A representative sample allows you to generalize your results to a _______.

A one-tailed test would be used with a directional research hypothesis.

In order to help ensure generalizability, which of the following should be true about your sample?

What does generalizability mean?

Null hypotheses refer to _______.

If you were to hypothesize that communication students and history students will differ on their oral communication measures, you would have a ______.

Hypotheses do not have to posit a relationship between variables.

Individuals in a representative sample should match as closely as possible to the characteristics of the population.

A _______ is a statement of equality between sets of variables.

Which of the following provides you with a measure of how well your sample approximates the population?

A greater difference between the sample statistic and the population parameter means that you will have _______ sampling error.

What is the most important role of a hypothesis?

If you hypothesize that there will be a difference between test scores from Classroom A and Classroom B, but you do not hypothesize the direction, you have _______.

What are four differences between the null hypothesis and the research hypothesis?

If you were to hypothesize that communication students will have a higher average score on the oral communication measures, you would have a ______.

Why is a representative sample important?

If you are unsure whether the null or research hypothesis is true, you can assume that the research hypothesis is true.

According to the book, what are five characteristics of a well-written hypothesis?

Which of the following refers to the group you wish to generalize your results to?

When writing a research hypothesis, what type of letters are used?