Your Class Is Doing a Research Study on the Academic

Your class is doing a research study on the academic success of college and university students. It has been suggested that two of the issues that many students face today which may affect their level of academic success are being employed in order to pay tuition, and peer pressure to party. Answer the following five questions designed to assess your ability to apply steps in the research process.
Which of the following statements represents a valid hypothesis in which to begin the research study?

A) Students' academic success may be affected by either the amount of peer pressure or hours of employment
B) The higher the peer pressure and the more hours a student works negatively affects his/her academic success
C) College and university students' academic success is dependent upon the amount of peer pressure they feel or the distance they travel to work.
D) The amount of peer pressure and number of hours of employment affect a student's academic success