Alexis is very excited because the data that she has gathered to support her Master's thesis have just been determined to be statistically significant. To have results that are statistically significant means
A. descriptive statistics were used.
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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