The Advertising for a Cold Remedy Claimed That No Other

question 43

Multiple Choice

The advertising for a cold remedy claimed that no other cold remedy acted faster. In a experiment to compare that remedy with another one, it did act faster on average, but the result was not significant. What does this mean?

• A) The difference was so small that it could have happened by chance even if the remedies were equivalent.
• B) The difference was so small that it could have happened by chance even if the remedies were not equivalent.
• C) The probability of the observed difference occurring by chance if the two remedies are equivalent was less than 0.05.
• D) The population mean response times are different, but the samples didn't show it.

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