If a Researcher Were to Conduct 100 Experiments, and in Each

question 86

Multiple Choice

If a researcher were to conduct 100 experiments, and in each case the null hypothesis were rejected at an alpha of .05, then

• A) chances are that 5% of the decisions were incorrect
• B) chances are that 95% of the decisions were incorrect
• C) chances are that less than 5% of the decisions were correct
• D) none of these, since null can never be rejected 100 times in a row

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