Which of the following should not be involved in the testing of a hypothesis? (2 points)

identifying which observations will be recorded in order to ensure the support of the hypothesis
using creativity to design several different experiments that test the hypothesis and results
considering alternative scientific explanations to explain the data and observations
identifying the variables that will be controlled and what variable is being tested

Question

Which of the following should not be involved in the testing of a hypothesis? (2 points)
 	
	identifying which observations will be recorded in order to ensure the support of the hypothesis
	using creativity to design several different experiments that test the hypothesis and results
	considering alternative scientific explanations to explain the data and observations
	identifying the variables that will be controlled and what variable is being tested

photon336 · Answer

There's actually 5 assumptions to hypothesis testing:

1Stating the research and null hypotheses and selecting (setting) alpha
2Selecting the sampling distribution and specifying the test statistic
3Computing the test statistic
4/5 Making a decision and interpreting the results