A researcher conducted a survey to determine if older people have different feelings about abortion than younger people. He used an alpha level of 0.05 (Z critical = ±1.96) to test for significance and found that his computed test statistic was 2.76

Which of the following conclusions is justified?

a. Feelings about abortion do not vary by age.
b. Older and younger people have significantly different feelings about abortion.
c. A one-tailed test should have been used.
d. A Type II error has occurred.


ANSWER: b

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