Recent findings suggest that residents at a senior living facility may experience fewer depressive symptoms when they participate in pet therapy with certified dogs for 30 minutes per day.
a. State the research question.
b. Identify the control and experimental group(s).
c. Explain how you would randomly assign participants to groups.
d. State the hypotheses (H₀ and H₁).
e. Discuss the criteria for accepting or rejecting the hypotheses.