Error Variance

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Multiple Choice

Error variance

• A)reflects that researchers were not sufficiently careful in designing a study.
• B)equals the sum of the systematic and total variance.
• C)must be eliminated entirely for the results of a study to be valid.
• D)can obscure the effects of the variables of interest to a researcher.

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Definitions:

Responses

The set of data or answers collected from subjects in an experiment or survey.

Hypothesis Test

A statistical method that uses sample data to evaluate a hypothesis about the properties of a population.

Significance Level

A threshold used in hypothesis testing that determines the probability at which the null hypothesis is rejected in favor of the alternative hypothesis.

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