Use the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 20

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the question(s) below.
Data were collected for a sample of 12 pharmacists to determine if years of experience and salary are related. Below are the regression analysis results. The dependent variable is Salary in thousands of dollars.
-The P-value associated with this statistic is < 0.001. At the 0.05 level of significance

• A) we reject the alternative hypothesis.
• B) we fail to reject the null hypothesis.
• C) there is no evidence that the number of years of experience is significant in explaining pharmacists' salary.
• D) we reject the null hypothesis, and we conclude that there is strong evidence of an association between years of experience and pharmacists' salary.
• E) we support the null hypothesis, and we conclude that years of experience and pharmacists' salary are not related.

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Definitions:

Subliminal Suggestions

Subliminal suggestions refer to messages that are presented below the threshold of conscious awareness, influencing thoughts, feelings, or behaviors without conscious processing.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment, the variable being tested and measured, expected to change due to the influence of the independent variable.

Control Group

In an experiment, this group does not receive the treatment under investigation and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested groups compare.