1. When conducting a hypothesis test, the hypothesis that illustrates the initial claim being tested about the population is called the , whereas the hypothesis that illustrates what we really think is going on is called the A. research hypothesis; null hypothesis B. alternative hypothesis; research hypothesis C. null hypothesis; alternative hypothesis D. alternative hypothesis; null hypothesis E. theoretical hypothesis; realistic hypothesis 2. When conducting a hypothesis test, what would it mean if the researcher obtains a negative test statistic? A. The sample is too small. B. It's very unlikely the results would have occurred just by chance alone. C. The sample statistic is smaller than the claimed population parameter. D. A mistake was made in terms of calculating the test statistic. E. The sample statistic is larger than the claimed population parameter. 3. A P-value A. can be positive or negative. B. can only range in value from -1 to 1. C. can be smaller than 0 but no larger than 1. D. can be larger than 1 but no smaller than 0. E. can be no smaller than 0 and no larger than 1