If John Darley and Bibb Latané were to make the statement, "If an emergency occurs, then, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely any one bystander will be to intervene," it would be considered an example of a(n) ___________.
A)hypothesis
B)theory
C)correlation
D)initial research question

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This statement is an example of a hypothesis because it proposes a specific, testable prediction about the relationship between two variables: the number of bystanders and the likelihood of intervention in an emergency.

If John Darley and Bibb Latané Were to Make the Statement