A sample of 10 men and 12 women are compared on their ranked life satisfaction.Which of these is the research hypothesis for this study?
A) Men and women do not tend to differ in ranked life satisfaction.
B) Men and women tend to differ in ranked life satisfaction.
C) There is a relationship between gender and ranked life satisfaction.
D) The distributions of ranked life satisfaction for men and women are the same.

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The research hypothesis for this study is that "Men and women tend to differ in ranked life satisfaction." This hypothesis suggests that there may be a significant difference between the ranked life satisfaction scores of men and women, which would make it difficult to conclude that the two groups are equivalent in this regard. The other answer choices all relate to the null hypothesis or the absence of an effect, which is not a suitable hypothesis for this study.

A Sample of 10 Men and 12 Women Are Compared