An .05 Level of Significance Means That

question 6

Multiple Choice

An .05 level of significance means that

• A)there is only a 5 percent chance that a statistic's value could be obtained as a result of random error
• B)one is 50 percent certain that the sample value is representative of the population
• C)there is only a 5 percent chance that the values tested are really different from each other
• D)the difference found is not just significant,it is highly significant