Exam 1

1. Metainformation

   Tag	Value
   file	Inferential_Statistics_uu-Null-hypothesis-811-en_uu-Null-hypothesis-811-en
   name	uu-Null-hypothesis-811-en
   section	Inferential Statistics/NHST/Hypothesis/Null hypothesis
   type	schoice
   solution	FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE
   Type	Conceptual
   Program
   Language	English
   Level	Statistical Literacy

   Question

   A sports psychologist is interested in the relationship between the degree of training and the resting heart rate. In a random sample of 15 cyclists, she finds a correlation of r = .50.

   What is the null hypothesis when the presence of a correlation is tested?

   
   
   1. FALSE: H0: r = 0
   2. FALSE: H0: r > 0
   3. TRUE: H0: $\rho$ = 0
   4. FALSE: H0: $\rho$ > 0
   
   
   1. This answer is incorrect.
   2. This answer is incorrect.
   3. This answer is correct.
   4. This answer is incorrect.