Psychology Students Want to Determine If There Are Differences Between

question 52

Multiple Choice

Psychology students want to determine if there are differences between the ability of business majors and science majors to solve various types of analytic problems. They conduct an experiment and record the amount of time it takes to complete each analytic problem. The following two-way ANOVA table summarizes their findings. At the 5% significance level, the conclusion for the hypothesis test about the interaction term is ________.

• A) do not reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude there exists an interaction effect between major and problem type
• B) reject the null hypothesis; we cannot conclude there exists an interaction effect between major and problem type
• C) reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude there exists an interaction effect between major and problem type
• D) do not reject the null hypothesis; we can conclude there exists an interaction effect between major and problem type

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