A Researcher Does a Study and Reports That the Statistic

question 11

Multiple Choice

A researcher does a study and reports that the statistic she calculated has a p <.05. What does this statement mean?

• A) Her outcome was very likely assuming the null is true
• B) The probability of this outcome was high
• C) The probability of this outcome or one more extreme was .95
• D) The probability of this outcome or one more extreme is less than .05 if the null hypothesis is true

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