When Are Negative Results Interpretable

question 5

Multiple Choice

When are negative results interpretable?

• A) When negative results are replicated across investigators
• B) When negative results are found in a single study
• C) When negative results are found in all conditions
• D) When negative results are found on all measures

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Definitions:

Standard Errors

Measures of the variability or spread of sampling distribution estimates, indicating how much sample means differ from the true population mean.

Sample Mean

The average of a set of numerical values.

Control Limits

Statistical boundaries set in control charts that are used in process control to detect times when a process is out of control or behaving anomalously.

Standard Errors

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically the mean.