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Nurse researchers hypothesized that the use of therapeutic touch would reduce an

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Question

Nurse researchers hypothesized that the use of therapeutic touch would reduce anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients. The null hypothesis would be:

Therapeutic touch reduces anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Therapeutic touch does not reduce anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Therapeutic touch reduces 25% of anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Some other therapy reduces anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Therapeutic touch reduces anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Therapeutic touch does not reduce anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Therapeutic touch reduces 25% of anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Some other therapy reduces anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients.

Explanation / Answer

The claim which we make is generally put in the alternate hypothesis and the negation of that is put in the Null hypothesis.

So, the Alternate hypothesis would be - "Therapeutic touch reduces anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients".

Hence the null hypothesis will be - "Therapeutic touch does not reduce anxiety levels in pre-op hip replacement patients".