Professor Wallace Studied Over 3,000 Elderly Individuals for a Decade

question 26

Multiple Choice

Professor Wallace studied over 3,000 elderly individuals for a decade and found a statistically significant relationship between survival rate and number of close friends. Specifically, he found that elderly individuals with few close friends had a much higher death rate. To say that the results of his study are "statistically significant" means that:

• A)the finding has great practical value and significance.
• B)there is a cause-and-effect relationship between the two variables.
• C)the finding does not have to be replicated to be accepted by the scientific community.
• D)the results are unlikely to have occurred by chance.

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