This essay focuses on examples of hypothesis statements: An untestable statement can be reworded to make it testable, though. For example, the previous statement
Problem 4 (5 points)
Here are some examples of hypothesis statements:
Notice that all of the statements, above, are testable. The primary trait of a hypothesis is that something can be tested and that those tests can be replicated, according to Midwestern State University.
An example of untestable statement is, “All people fall in love at least once.” The definition of love is subjective. Also, it would be impossible to poll every human about their love life. An untestable statement can be reword to make it testable, though. For example, the previous statement could be change to, “If love is an important emotion, some may believe that everyone should fall in love at least once.” With this statement, the researcher can poll a group of people to see how many believe people should fall in love at least once.
The sergeant recalls that in the good old days” the upper quartile for time required to complete the obstacle course was 42 minutes. He suspects that the new recruits are not as t as the recruits in the good old days, so he times them on the obstacle course. He finds that out of 38 recruits, only ten of them complete the course within the 42-minute time period. Use the appropriate nonparametric test to test the hypothesis that the upper quartile is 42 minutes against the appropriate one-side alternative. Use 5% as level of significance.