Premise: For example, those who supported an evaluation of a training program might want the researchers to find out whether the development of the participants' self-concepts, self-esteem, task orientation, work habits, and personal and social traits seemed associated with the program or with something else.

Hypothesis: Those who supported an evaluation of a training program may want people to find out if a participant's self-esteem is damanged by the program.
Relation: contradiction