What Is the Goal of Significance Testing

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is the goal of significance testing?

• A) To be able to reject the null hypothesis
• B) To be able to accept the null hypothesis
• C) To provide an objective, agreed upon criterion to decide whether differences are due to chance
• D) To provide an objective, agreed upon criterion to decide whether differences are due to the intervention

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