In Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST), researchers test the significance of their results by:

a. comparing the p value to the selected alpha-level.
b. comparing the p value to the power.
c. comparing the alpha-level to the power.
d. comparing the alpha-level to the confidence interval.


Ans: a. comparing the p value to the selected alpha-level.

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