Question

1. In hypothesis testing, a researcher can never:

   	a.	Compute a test statistic before making a decision.
   	b.	Make decisions about the null hypothesis.
   	c.	Prove that his or her hypothesis is correct.
   	d.	Know the likelihood of obtaining a sample mean if the null hypothesis were true.

Answer 1

Answer:

Given by:

Here,

“Option c”

is correct answer

Explain by:

here,

In hypothesis testing, the null hypothesis is assumed to be correctly or true and later than the test we either reject the null hypothesis or we dont reject it.

since the research hypothesis is generally the alternate hypothesis, so the researcher can never establish that his or her hypothesis is correct.