A Post Hoc Comparison

question 7

Multiple Choice

A post hoc comparison

• A) compares means in which specific differences were predicted by the research hypothesis.
• B) makes comparisons that were not planned ahead of time.
• C) helps to increase the experimentwise alpha.
• D) is an example of a complex comparison.

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