Which of the following statements best resembles a hypothesis?
A)Gender includes men and women.
B)Our survey will find that 60 percent of our agency's clients are women.
C)Providing national health care insurance by the federal government will decrease our nation's cost of medical care.
D)All of these are equally good hypotheses.

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A hypothesis is a testable statement that predicts a relationship between variables. Statement C predicts an outcome (decrease in medical care costs) based on an action (providing national health care insurance), making it a hypothesis.

Which of the Following Statements Best Resembles a Hypothesis