A Study Reports Finding a "Significant" Difference Between Group Means

question 43

Multiple Choice

A study reports finding a "significant" difference between group means.What can be concluded about this report?

• A) The findings must be very important.
• B) To fully assess the importance and impact of the results, we must also have information about the spread of the distributions.
• C) There is no way to tell the practical importance of these results.
• D) The difference between group means is so small that there is no effect when the findings are generalized to the overall population.

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