You agree to be a participant in research involving Zener cards. After the testing session is over, you are told that you were able to guess correctly on 20% of the trials. What will the researcher say to you before you leave?
a) "Your guesses were at chance level."
b) "Your guesses were actually below chance."
c) "Please come back because very few people achieve that level of guessing."
d) "Paranormal ability is common and you scored at the level we expect of most people who have above average but not extraordinary ability."
ANS: a
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