Aresearcher 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.

Scenario: the economy of country y has been in an economic downturn for the last several months. recently, businesses have invested in new technologies in order to produce the goods that consumers are demanding within the nation's own borders. the government has removed regulations to allow producers and consumers to have more financial freedom. as a result, consumer spending has increased and the economy has begun to improve. use the drop-down menus to complete the sentences. according to the information presented about country y, the classical economic concept of ( the invisible hand, consumer efficiency, government regulations) can be seen. the economic events of country y demonstrate the idea of laissez faire because the government (did, did not) intervene in economic events.

For each of the following examples of data, determine which scale of measurement is used. a) the number of miles joggers run per week. b) the starting salaries of graduates of mba programs c) the months in which a firm's employees choose to take their vacations. d) the final letter grades received by students in a math course.

Popular culture mainly encompasses the realm of a-politics b-religion c-business d-entertainment