Question

If a hypothesis says it should be positive, but in fact it is negative, we call it ___________

(a) A consistent hypothesis

(b) A false negative hypothesis

(c) A false positive hypothesis

(d) A specialized hypothesis

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Answer 1

Right choice is (c) A false positive hypothesis

Easiest explanation: Consistent hypothesis go with examples, If the hypothesis says it should be negative but in fact it is positive, it is false negative. If a hypothesis says it should be positive, but in fact it is negative, it is false positive. In a specialized hypothesis we need to have certain restrict or special conditions.