A Major Misuse of Significance Tests Is the Tendency to

question 7

Multiple Choice

A major misuse of significance tests is the tendency to

• A)decide that if a result is not significant,the null hypothesis is shown to be true.
• B)decide that the null hypothesis is false when the results obtained are not significant.
• C)accept the research hypothesis when the results are not significant.
• D)claim that a non-significant result is the same as an unimportant result.

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