A statistical significance level of .05 means that

a. the probability that a relationship as strong as the observed one can be attributed to sampling error alone is 5 percent.
b. we can be 5 percent sure that the relationship is real and not due to sampling error.
c. there is an .05 percent chance that a relationship as strong as the observed one can be attributed to sampling error.
d. the difference we observed in the table is 5 percent different.
e. there is a 5 percent standard error in the observations.


A

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