Question

A researcher assesses the length of the prison sentence for physically attractive and physically unattractive defendants. He believes that attractive defendants will receive shorter prison sentences than unattractive defendants. The null hypothesis would suggest that:_________. A. there is no difference in the length of the prison sentence received by attractive and unattractive defendants. B. physically attractive defendants will receive longer prison sentences than physically unattractive defendants. C. physically attractive defendants will receive shorter prison sentences than physically unattractive defendants. D. some other variable such as gender is responsible for the difference in the length of prison sentence.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. there is no difference in the length of the prison sentence received by attractive and unattractive defendants.

Explanation:

The null hypothesis states that there is no significant correlation between two given variables, in this case, physical attractiveness and prison sentences. If the null hypothesis was confirmed for this case, the result of the study would be that prison sentence is independent of physical attractivenes.