Recently, students in a marketing research class were interested in the driving behavior of students. Specifically, the marketing students were interested in finding out if exceeding the speed limit was related to gender. They collected the following responses from 100 randomly selected students: The null hypothesis for the analysis is ____________.
A) There is no relationship between gender and speeding
B) The correlation between driving behavior and gender is zero
C) As driving behavior increases, gender increases
D) The mean of driving behavior equals the mean of gender

Question

Recently, students in a marketing research class were interested in the driving behavior of students. Specifically, the marketing students were interested in finding out if exceeding the speed limit was related to gender. They collected the following responses from 100 randomly selected students:  The null hypothesis for the analysis is ____________.
A) There is no relationship between gender and speeding 
B) The correlation between driving behavior and gender is zero 
C) As driving behavior increases, gender increases 
D) The mean of driving behavior equals the mean of gender

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The null hypothesis in this case is always the statement that there is no relationship or no significant difference between the variables being studied. Therefore, choice A is the most appropriate null hypothesis for this analysis.

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