There will be a positive relationship between adolescents' attitudes toward school and their academic achievement. This hypothesis is a
a. testable hypothesis.
b. directional research hypothesis.
c. nondirectional hypothesis.
d. a and b
e. b and c
Ques. 2The Cuisenaire method of teaching arithmetic will have an effect on arithmetic achievement in the second grade. This statement is an example of a
a. null hypothesis. c. vague and poorly stated hypothesis.
b. nondirectional research hypothesis. d. hypothesis that lacks explanatory power.
Ques. 3A hypothesis which is formulated following the observed relationship between phenomena is classified as a/an
a. inductive hypothesis. c. workable hypothesis.
b. deductive hypothesis. d. alternative hypothesis.
Ques. 4A researcher stated the following hypothesis: Use of the inquiry method in teaching high school social studies results in an improvement in students' thinking ability. Which term in the above hypothesis would most need an operational definition?
a. Inquiry method
b. Students
c. Thinking ability
d. High school
e. Improvement
Ques. 5Thumbsucking is the effect of fixation at the oral stage of development. This hypothesis is
a. judgmental.
b. not testable.
c. derived from a theory.
d. a and b
e. b and c
Ques. 6When a hypothesis is not confirmed in an empirical investigation, one concludes that
a. the study was not conducted properly.
b. the theory from which the hypothesis was derived is false.
c. the null hypothesis of the study is the true hypothesis.
d. None of these is true.
Ques. 7Children with higher GPA will express greater satisfaction with school than children with lower GPA. This is an example of a
a. testable hypothesis.
b. directional hypothesis.
c. null hypothesis.
d. a and b
e. a and c
Ques. 8Hypotheses derived from Kohlberg's moral development model could be classified as
a. deductive hypotheses. b. inductive hypotheses.
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