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Clyde Takes an Antihistamine, but He Doesn't Realize That the Medication

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Clyde takes an antihistamine, but he doesn't realize that the medication will also increase his overall level of autonomic arousal.Thirty minutes after he has taken the medication, he is introduced to Roxanne.If Clyde incorrectly attributes his increased arousal as attraction for Roxanne, it would lend support to:


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Alpha

The pre-determined significance level in hypothesis testing, often set at 0.05, which defines the likelihood of observing a result at least as extreme as the one seen in the sample data if the null hypothesis is true.

T-statistic

A type of statistic used in hypothesis testing, calculated as the ratio of the departure of an estimated parameter from its hypothesized value to its standard error.

Critical Value

A threshold in hypothesis testing, which the test statistic must exceed to reject the null hypothesis.

Level of Significance

A threshold in hypothesis testing, below which the null hypothesis is rejected, commonly set at values like 0.05 or 0.01.

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