A professor is grading a student's research paper and deducts points for the statement: "Results were statistically significant at the p = .000 level." Why is this an inappropriate statement?
a) The tails of a distribution are asymptotic
b) The p value represents the confidence interval and thus should be stated as a range of values.
c) The computer output for a one-way ANOVA with correlated samples does not provide a probability statistic.
d) Probability statistics range from 1.0 to 99.9.
A
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