Why is it important to know the size of the effect in an experiment? It is important because _____

a. it is possible to achieve statistical significance with very small differences when n is big
b. statistically significant differences do not necessarily have practical significance
c. both a and b
d. none of these


C
The larger the n, the smaller the difference between means that is required in order to be statistically significant.

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A) possibilities
B) distal development
C) proximal development
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