A Researcher Finds That Men Make More Errors on a Memory

question 62

Multiple Choice

A researcher finds that men make more errors on a memory task than do women. After conducting the appropriate statistical test on this difference, he finds a probability level of less than .05. The researcher will probably conclude that

• A) the difference represents a chance fluctuation.
• B) the difference is statistically significant.
• C) if he conducts the study again, there is a high probability that no difference would be found or that women would make more errors.
• D) there is only a 5 in 100 chance that his finding represents a real difference between men and women.

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