According to Professor Zarkov's Correlational Data, There Is a Statistically

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Multiple Choice

According to Professor Zarkov's correlational data, there is a statistically significant relationship between the socioeconomic level of a family and how much time the parents spend talking to their children. To say that the results of this study are "statistically significant" means that:

• A) there is a cause-and-effect relationship between the two variables.
• B) the results are unlikely to have occurred by chance.
• C) the finding has no mathematical validity.
• D) the finding can be used to generate new theories.

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