The Use of Inferential Statistics Helps Us Decide Whether to Reject

question 16

Multiple Choice

The use of inferential statistics helps us decide whether to reject the null hypothesis by

• A) computing the probability that the alternative hypothesis is true.
• B) computing the probability that the alternative hypothesis is false.
• C) estimating the probability of obtaining observed group differences by chance alone.
• D) computing how large a difference between two means has to be in order to be clinically relevant.

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