Casey Is Using Statistical Techniques to Examine Whether Children with Autism

question 92

Multiple Choice

Casey is using statistical techniques to examine whether children with autism differ in the amount of self-esteem they report as compared to children without autism.She finds a significant difference, which suggests that the results of her analysis

• A)would occur by chance less than 5 percent of the time.
• B)provide stronger evidence than a meta-analysis.
• C)would be replicable 5 percent of the time in a new study.
• D)are probably not valid.

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