What Does P < 0.05 Mean?​

question 130

Multiple Choice

What does p < 0.05 mean?​

• A)Random results would look like this less than 5 percent of the time.
• B)​There is less than a 5 percent probability that chance alone produced this result.
• C)​Fewer than 5 percent of the results matched the prediction.
• D)​We are less than 5 percent confident that the results are correct.

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Definitions:

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Dwarf-planet

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Elliptical

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