Evaluate the adequacy of each of the following hypotheses.
If a hypothesis is inadequate, state the reason for the inadequacy and write an
adequate hypothesis.
a. “Teachers deserve higher pay than administrators.”
b. “Students who take a middle school government course will
be capable of more enlightened judgments concerning local political affairs
than will those who do not take the course.”
c. “Computer-based drill and practice is a better way to
teach slow learners multiplication combinations than is fl ash cards.”
d. “If students differ in their socioeconomic status, they
will differ in their English profi ciency scores.”
e. “Children who show high achievement motivation will show
high anxiety as measured by the Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale.”
f. “Positive verbal reinforcement of student responses by
the teacher will lessen the probability of future responses.”
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