Statistical Significance Means That

question 101

Multiple Choice

Statistical significance means that:

• A) a research finding was unlikely to have occurred by chance.
• B) the mean,median,and mode are all equal.
• C) there was no experimenter bias.
• D) there is a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables.

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Definitions:

Social Purity Movement

A historical movement primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries aimed at combating moral vices such as prostitution and venereal disease, promoting sexual abstinence and purity.

Consequences

Results or outcomes of actions that can be either positive or negative.

Biological Determinism

The hypothesis that biological factors completely determine a person’s behaviour.

Crime and Deviance

Terms used to describe actions that violate social norms or laws, where crime specifically refers to violations that are legally prohibited.