You Are Reading a Research Report Summarizing the Findings for a Study

question 16

Multiple Choice

You are reading a research report summarizing the findings for a study of first-year teacher anxiety in the classroom. You read the following results: "Teachers' perceptions of students' skill level was the most powerful predictor; it accounted for an additional 28% of the variance β = .35, p < .001) ."
From looking at the p value, you would conclude

• A) That the alpha level was set too low
• B) That the authors should have set an exact p value
• C) That the result was statistically significant
• D) That the result indicates that there is a high chance of making a mistake

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