If a Researcher Found a Significant Interaction Effect, It Would

question 15

Multiple Choice

If a researcher found a significant interaction effect, it would mean that:

• A) Both of the main effects were also significant
• B) Neither of the main effects was significant
• C) The means for different levels of one variable were not consistent across different levels of another
• D) The means for one variable were different from the means for the second variable

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Definitions:

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