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 scenario is that there is no relationship between gender and speeding. We want to test if exceeding the speed limit is related to gender, so we assume that there is no difference in the proportion of males and females who exceed the speed limit. Therefore, Option A is the correct choice.

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