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What would be a good hypothesis and null hypothesis for this scenario?

Sally comes to work sick; two days later, three of her coworkers are also sick.

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Answer:

Hypothesis: The increased period of exposure to the infected or sick individual (or pathogen carried by the sick individual) increases the number of individuals getting the infection and falling sick.

Null hypothesis: The increased period of exposure to the infected or sick individual (or pathogen carried by the sick individual) does not increase the number of individuals getting the infection and falling sick.

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