Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
Given below are two statements. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- Statement I: A research hypothesis is a tentative statement postulating a relationship between the factual and conceptual elements of the variables.
- Statement II: A researcher sets up a null hypothesis so that the deduced consequences of the research hypothesis may be directly tested.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is false
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is true ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true — Statement I is incorrect while Statement II is true, so the answer is that only Statement II is correct.
Explanation
★Statement I is incorrect while Statement II is true, so the answer is that only Statement II is correct.
★A research hypothesis postulates a relationship between variables, not between the factual and conceptual elements of the variables, so Statement I is misstated and incorrect.
★A hypothesis links variables to one another, which the first statement fails to capture correctly.
★Statement II is correct, since a researcher does set up a null hypothesis for testing.
★The null hypothesis is stated so that the consequences deduced from the research hypothesis can be directly tested and possibly rejected.
★So the first statement is incorrect and only the second is true.
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