Null Hypothesis Significance Testing Uses the Laws of Probability to Estimate

question 4

Multiple Choice

Null hypothesis significance testing uses the laws of probability to estimate the likelihood of an outcome assuming that

• A)the null hypothesis is false.
• B)an effect is present.
• C)only chance factors caused the outcome.
• D)the independent variable workeD.

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