Smaller P-Values Indicate More Evidence in Support of The

question 14

Multiple Choice

Smaller p-values indicate more evidence in support of the:

• A)null hypothesis
• B)alternative hypothesis
• C)quality of the researcher
• D)None of these options

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Definitions:

F-distribution

A probability distribution that arises in the analysis of variances for comparing variances between samples.

Sample Variances

The measure of how spread out the numbers in a sample dataset are, calculated by averaging the squared differences from the sample mean.

Normal Population

A group or set of entities that exhibit data distribution in a bell-shaped curve, also known as the Gaussian distribution, where the mean, median, and mode are equal.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution or in the calculation of a statistic.