A researcher studies the effects of a nursing intervention on a desired patient outcome and discovers a statistically significant difference between groups receiving the intervention and those not receiving the intervention
The researcher concludes that the intervention is effective. This researcher has made a:
a. generalization.
b. statistical inference.
c. Type I error.
d. Type II error.
ANS: B
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