Among the following,which is the best example of a hypothesis?
A) Often times, people will go out of their way to help others.
B) Children who watch a lot of television will be more aggressive.
C) Students who review their notes each night for one hour will score significantly higher on the next day's quiz than students who do not review their notes.
D) Taking an aspirin a day helps keep the doctor away.

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A hypothesis should be a testable statement that makes a prediction about the relationship between two variables. Option C meets this criteria by predicting that students who review their notes each night for one hour will score significantly higher on the next day's quiz than students who do not review their notes. Options A, B and D are not testable statements and do not make a clear prediction about the relationship between two variables.

Among the Following,which Is the Best Example of a Hypothesis