Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Substantive significance is used to describe the strength of a statistically significant relationship.
2. In order for two variables to be correlated, a causal relationship must exist.
3. The tighter data are distributed around a mean the better an average describes a variable.
4. A weak relationship means that an observed pattern cannot be statistically significant.
5. Conclusions drawn about descriptive statistics are always uncertain.


1. true
2. false
3. true
4. false
5. true

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