Examine the Following SPSS Output from the Heart Rate Data

question 1

Multiple Choice

Examine the following SPSS output from the heart rate data. Based on 11 degrees of freedom, working to a two-tailed significance value of .05, the critical value for t is 2.201. What can you assume from the output? (The significance value has been omitted on purpose.)

• A) The data sets were not significantly different.
• B) The data sets were significantly different.
• C) The critical value and the t-statistic were too similar and therefore inconclusive.
• D) The data sets are most likely normally distributed.

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