A Researcher Has Analyzed Differences in Average College Board Scores

question 3

Multiple Choice

A researcher has analyzed differences in average College Board scores for random samples of students from four different colleges. The obtained F score is 0.45. What can be concluded about the null hypothesis?

• A) Nothing, more information is needed
• B) Reject the null hypothesis, the differences did not occur by random chance
• C) Fail to reject the null hypothesis, differences are not statistically significant
• D) Fail to reject the null hypothesis, differences are statistically significant

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