When Researchers Have a Good Estimate of the Expected Effect

question 16

Multiple Choice

When researchers have a good estimate of the expected effect size for an independent variable prior to conducting a study,they should

• A)compute an inferential statistics test.
• B)perform a power analysis.
• C)draw confidence intervals for their means.
• D)all of these

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