Why Do Scientists and Researchers Use Statistical Methods to Determine

question 111

Multiple Choice

Why do scientists and researchers use statistical methods to determine whether their results are statistically significant?

• A)They want to find out whether their findings would be likely to occur by chance.
• B)They want to report the mean, median, and mode of their data.
• C)They want to collect information on the reliability of the measures they used.
• D)They want to interrogate the external validity of their research.

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