If the Research Question Is Not an Equality Statement, Then

Short Answer

If the research question is not an equality statement, then in hypothesis testing it is specified as: $\begin{array}{|l|l|}\hline A.&\text { the null hypothesis.}\\\hline B.&\text {either the null or the alternative hypothesis. }\\\hline C.&\text { the alternative hypothesis.}\\\hline D.&\text { the test statistic.}\\\hline \end{array}$