In psychology, any experimental result that could have occurred by chance only five times (or less) out of 100 is considered to be

a. lucky.
b. random.
c. biased.
d. significant.


D

Psychology

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Psychology

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A) active gene-environment correlation. B) passive gene-environment correlation. C) evocative gene-environment correlation. D) recessive gene-environment correlation.

Psychology

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