Example: Compared the smoking cessation rates for smokers randomly assigned to use a nicotine patch versus a placebo patch.

Null: There is no difference in smoking rates from smokers who were randomly assigned to a nicotine patch and those assigned to a placebo patch.

Alternative: There is a difference in smoking rates from smokers who were randomly assigned to a nicotine patch and those assigned to a placebo patch.

Using your dissertation work, develop your null and alternative hypotheses that are written in correct form and measurable.

Once these have been developed, determine the descriptive and inferential statistics you will use.