A researcher wishes to test the theory that men and women differ on a measure of
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A researcher wishes to test the theory that men and women differ on a measure of personality. The researcher draws a sample of 35 men and a sample of 35 women. The sample means on the personality measure are: men, 46.7; women, 51.4.
The null hypothesis states that:
the means of the male and female samples are equal.
the means of the male and female populations are equal.
the means of the male and female samples are not equal.
the means of the male and female populations are not equal.
the means of the male and female samples are equal.
the means of the male and female populations are equal.
the means of the male and female samples are not equal.
the means of the male and female populations are not equal.
Explanation / Answer
The null hypothesis is the statement about the population and has equality sign in it
So the correct option is "the means of the male and female populations are equal."
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