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Imagine that you read the following passage in a popular magazine.Should you conclude that the original article found evidence of an interaction? Why should you conclude this?
"One study had participants watch a crime show.Half the participants watched a documentary of a murder that took place in rural Virginia while the other half watched a movie adaptation of the same murder.The effect of viewing a crime show on people's fear of being a victim of crime depends on the participants' sex,with women in general being more fearful regardless of which show they saw,whereas men reported more fear after watching the documentary."


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