.The Researcher Should

question 31

Multiple Choice

.The researcher should

• A) reduce the alpha level of significance to .025 to form a definite conclusion.
• B) accept the null hypothesis of no difference between the experimental and control groups because the probability is so small; thus, the independent variable had no effect.
• C) reject the null hypothesis of no difference between the experimental and control groups because the probability is so small; thus, the independent variable had a reliable effect on the dependent variable.
• D) neither accept nor reject the null hypothesis of no difference because the probability value of .025 is significantly different than .05.

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