Expectations of what will happen under specified circumstances that allow predictions of reality are known as _____.
A) qualitative data
B) quantitative data
C) law-like generalizations
D) hypotheses
E) experimental treatments

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Law-like generalizations are statements about the relationships between variables that can be used to make predictions about what will happen in certain circumstances. Qualitative and quantitative data refer to types of data, hypotheses are tentative explanations for a phenomenon, and experimental treatments are the different levels or conditions of an independent variable that are manipulated in an experiment.

Expectations of What Will Happen Under Specified Circumstances That Allow