A Researcher Conducted a Survey to Determine If Older People

question 9

Multiple Choice

A researcher conducted a survey to determine if older people have different feelings about abortion than younger people. He used an alpha level of 0.05 (Z critical =±1.96) to test for significance and found that his computed test statistic was 2.76. Which of the following conclusions is justified?________.

• A) Feelings about abortion do not vary by age.
• B) Older and younger people have significantly different feelings about abortion.
• C) A one-tailed test should have been used.
• D) A Type II error has occurred.

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