A Researcher Examines the Possible Effect of Single-Sex High-School Education

question 38

Multiple Choice

A researcher examines the possible effect of single-sex high-school education on men's college grades.He provides tables of his final results,which include several p-values that are less than 0.05,but he does not describe his many preliminary analyses,nor does he ever specify which high-school type he expects to predict higher grades among male college students.The scientific community is likely to have concerns over his interpretation of the p-values primarily because the researcher

• A)does not hypothesize which high-school type should predict higher college grades.
• B)does not also study the potential effect of single-sex schools for women.
• C)was not transparent with the number and type of analyses he conducted.
• D)does not study any measures of college outcomes other than grades.

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