Suppose that X and Y stand for scores on a test of learning under conditions of reward and punishment, respectively. If we are interested only in whether reward results in higher scores than punishment, and obtain the difference between the two conditions in terms of
, we should place the region of rejection
A) entirely in the right tail of the sampling distribution
B) entirely in the left tail of the sampling distribution
C) half in one tail and half in the other
D) in the center of the sampling distribution

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Suppose that X and Y stand for scores on a test of learning under conditions of reward and punishment, respectively. If we are interested only in whether reward results in higher scores than punishment, and obtain the difference between the two conditions in terms of  
, we should place the region of rejection
A) entirely in the right tail of the sampling distribution 
B) entirely in the left tail of the sampling distribution 
C) half in one tail and half in the other 
D) in the center of the sampling distribution

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The Answer of Suppose that X and Y stand for scores on a test of learning under conditions of reward and punishment, respectively. If we are interested only in whether reward results in higher scores than punishment, and obtain the difference between the two conditions in terms of  
, we should place the region of rejection
A) entirely in the right tail of the sampling distribution 
B) entirely in the left tail of the sampling distribution 
C) half in one tail and half in the other 
D) in the center of the sampling distribution

Suppose That X and Y Stand for Scores on a Test