To Decrease the Likelihood of Making a Type 1 Error

question 6

Multiple Choice

To decrease the likelihood of making a Type 1 error during the means comparison process, a researcher could

• A) compare all means within the study.
• B) eliminate all data that supports the null hypothesis.
• C) only conduct pairwise comparisons and only if the F value is significant.
• D) increase alpha.

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