What Would Be the Decision for a Two-Tailed Paired-Samples T

question 36

Multiple Choice

What would be the decision for a two-tailed paired-samples t test where the confidence interval was determined to be [-3.45, -0.61]?

• A) reject the null hypothesis
• B) fail to reject the null hypothesis
• C) reject the research hypothesis
• D) fail to reject the research hypothesis

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