A Researcher Assesses the Length of Prison Sentence Assigned to a Physically

Multiple Choice

A researcher assesses the length of prison sentence assigned to a physically attractive or unattractive defendant.The researcher believes that attractive defendants will be assigned shorter prison sentences than unattractive defendants.The research hypothesis would be

A) there is no difference in the length of prison sentence received by attractive versus unattractive defendants.
B) physically attractive defendants will receive longer prison sentences than physically unattractive defendants.
C) physically attractive defendants will receive shorter prison sentences than physically unattractive defendants.
D) some other variable such as gender is responsible for difference in assigned length of prison sentence.