Brad’s thesis advisor often tells him that it’s important to strive for results that are statistically significant. He explains that to have results that are statistically significant means that ____.?
a. ?descriptive statistics were used in this study
b. ?participants were randomized in his study
c. ?there was no random selection
d. ?there is a small chance that the results were caused by random variables
ANSWER:
d
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