Suppose That a Medical Study Found a Statistically Significant Relationship

question 7

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a medical study found a statistically significant relationship between wearing gold jewelry and developing skin cancer.Suppose the study was based on a sample of 100,000 people and had a p-value of .049.How would you react to these results?

• A)You feel these results are very convincing since the sample size was so large.
• B)You are impressed by the sample size but the p-value is too close to .05 to feel very convinced; the result is marginal.
• C)You are skeptical because the high sample size would lead to a small p-value even with a miniscule relationship, and thus gives misleading results.
• D)None of the above

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