A Researcher Assigns 21 Adolescents to Rate the Likability of a Person

question 46

Multiple Choice

A researcher assigns 21 adolescents to rate the likability of a person described in a vignette as having one of three personality traits.An equal number of participants are assigned to each group.If F_obt = 4.08 for this study,then what was the decision at a .05 level of significance for a one-way between-subjects ANOVA?

• A) reject the null hypothesis
• B) retain the null hypothesis
• C) there is not enough information to answer this question

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