A Researcher Hypothesizes That People Living in the Midwest Are

Multiple Choice

A researcher hypothesizes that people living in the Midwest are more opposed to same-sex marriage than people living on either the West or East Coast (who do not differ from each other) . In conducting a one-way ANOVA with this data, how should the alternative hypothesis (H₁) be stated?

A) H₁: μMidwest < μWest = μEast
B) H₁: all μs are equal
C) H₁: μMidwest ≠ μWest ≠ μEast
D) H₁: not all μs are equal