Imagine You Are a Journal Editor

question 35

Multiple Choice

Imagine you are a journal editor. Researchers send you their manuscripts and your job is to make sure their results merit sharing with others in the published psychological community. Which of the following studies would you LEAST want to publish?

• A) an experiment examining the effect of vitamin C on eye sight, p = .10
• B) a study on the influence of aspartame on cancer risk, p = .001
• C) an experiment on the impact of color on aggression, p = .05
• D) an investigation of peer pressure on tobacco use, p = .01

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