Another way of saying we have found statistical significance would be to say
A. these results are unlikely to be due to chance in the large majority of cases.
B. the magnitude of these results are larger than we would expect under different circumstances.
C. these results are reliable and valid measures of the effect.
D. these results are generalizable from this sample to the larger population.
Answer: A
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