Dr. Paulus conducts a study that compares the success of two 8-week weight-loss regimens. She uses statistics to compare the mean number of pounds lost by participants in each condition and comes up with a p-value of .08 . What is the safest conclusion for her to draw?
a. The results of the study are statistically significant.
b. The difference in mean weight loss between groups may have been caused by chance alone.
c. The difference in mean weight loss between groups was too great to have been a chance finding.
d. One could expect similar levels of weight loss in the population at large.
B
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