The mechanism for determining if chance is a reasonable explanation of the data you have analyzed in regard to pretest and posttest scores for depression is ______.

A. the descriptive statistics that describe the characteristics of the clients in your study
B. the inferential statistics that examine data about your clients in regard to an explanatory research question
C. whether you can generalize your findings on a scientific basis
D. the results of your statistical analysis of your data for pretest and posttest scores


Ans: D

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