Suppose That Aspirin Actually Does NOT Help Prevent Heart Attacks

question 5

Multiple Choice

Suppose that aspirin actually does NOT help prevent heart attacks.When we conduct an experiment, our null hypothesis is that rates of heart attacks will be the same for our group taking aspirin and our group taking a placebo.Our data result in p = 0.009.What would result?

• A)We correctly fail to reject the null hypothesis.
• B)We correctly reject the null hypothesis.
• C)We reject the null hypothesis, making a Type I error.
• D)We reject the null hypothesis, making a Type II error.
• E)We fail to reject the null hypothesis, making a Type II error

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