Handling a Nonsignificant Outcome Bama Conducted an Experiment on Rats

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Multiple Choice

Handling a Nonsignificant Outcome Bama conducted an experiment on rats to study the effects of prior experience on hunger motivation.He measured "hunger" by measuring how many food pellets out of 20 a rat consumed in two minutes.However, all the rats ate almost all 20 pellets in every condition.Bama's study was threatened by

• A)a ceiling effect.
• B)a floor effect.
• C)confounding.
• D)Type 1 error.

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