Q7. Which of the following best describes a hypothesis?
(multiple choice question –select correct answer)?
a. Statement that you set out to prove .
b. Tested by collecting only the data that support it.
c. Proposed before a good research can be developed .
d. Posits a clear relationship between different factors .
Answers
Explanation:
(a) statement that you set out to prove
The statements that best describes HYPOTHESIS from the above-given statements are:
(a.) Statement that you set out to prove
(b.) Tested by collecting only the data that support it.
(c.) Proposed before good research can be developed.
Reasons Why the above two statements best describe the term HYPOTHESIS:
The term HYPOTHESIS in simple words means the uneducated guess or supposition or assumption without any proof. In other words, the term states the assumption or supposition for any kind of situation that has happened or that is about to happen, without any data or proof about it.
Option (a):correct
"Statement that you set out to prove"- the sentence means that you have a statement or a situation without any data and you have to prove it. This is a hypothesis.
Option (b):correct
"Tested by collecting only the data that support it"- this sentence partly describes the hypothesis as the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis is tested by collecting the data that supports it, to decide whether to reject it or not.
Option (c):correct
"Proposed before a good research can be developed"- this statement states that a situation is proposed beforehand and the research is continued later. This is also a hypothesis.
Option (d):incorrect
"Posits a clear relationship between different factors"- The null hypothesis states that there is no relationship between any two factors.