A Study Found Statistically Significant Results for a Hypothesis Tested

question 50

Multiple Choice

A study found statistically significant results for a hypothesis tested with an independent-samples t test.The author of the study reported her effect size for the test as 0.87.According to Cohen's convention, this effect size is considered:

• A) small.
• B) medium.
• C) large.
• D) to have no overlap.

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