A Professor Wishes to Determine If There Is a Difference

question 4

Multiple Choice

A professor wishes to determine if there is a difference between the average test grades of her students who use the resources available to them with those students who don't use the resources. The Alpha is 0.05 and the P-value is 0.03. She should conclude:

• A) Reject the null hypothesis because there is a statistically significant relationship between nursing students' grades and their use of available resources.
• B) Fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is not a relationship between nurses' grades and using available resources.
• C) Reject the null hypothesis. Nursing students are more likely to use the resources available.
• D) Fail to reject the null. The relationship is not clinically significant.

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Definitions:

Shift Demand

A change in the quantity demanded at every price point, caused by factors other than the price of the product itself.

Derived Demand

Demand for a good or service that arises from the demand for another good or service; for example, the demand for steel is derived from the demand for cars.

Capital

Financial assets or the financial value of assets, such as funds held in deposit accounts and/or funds obtained from special financing sources.

Marginal Productivity Theory

An economic theory suggesting that the payment to each factor of production equals the added productivity that one additional unit of the factor brings to the product.