Results That Are "Statistically Significant" May Not Be of Interest

question 43

Multiple Choice

Results that are "statistically significant" may not be of interest to the scientific community because

• A) the study's methodology was poor.
• B) the results have little external validity.
• C) the treatment effect is too small to be of practical value.
• D) any of these reasons

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