General Studies · Research Methodology
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): A two-tailed hypothesis is specific about the direction of a predicted difference or relationship, while a one-tailed hypothesis leaves the direction open. Reason (R): Small sample sizes often make it difficult to achieve statistical power to reject a null hypothesis. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer:
- 1Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- 2Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
- 3(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
- 4(A) is not correct but (R) is correct✓
Correct answer
(A) is not correct but (R) is correct
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