Multiple Choice
The statement "Younger defendants are more likely to be sentenced to longer prison sentences than older defendants" is an example of a
A) null hypothesis
B) positive one-tailed hypothesis
C) positive two-tailed negative hypothesis (there are two variables included)
D) negative one-tailed hypothesis
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