Which of the following is one of the reasons why it is important to distinguish between statistical significance and clinical importance of treatment outcome studies?
a. Clinical importance is based on subjective judgment, not statistical procedures.
b. Statistical significance could be based on relatively trivial changes in the patients' adjustment.
c. Statistical significance can only be calculated in correlational designs.
d. Clinical importance involves statements of certainty, whereas statistical significance involves statements of probability.
Answer: b.
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