A correlation in our sample is statistically significant when:

A. the probability that a random sample would show a correlation at least as large as the one in our sample if there were no correlation in the general population is < .05
B. the probability that the correlation we observe does not exactly match the correlation in the general population is <.05
C. the probability that there is no a causal relationship in the general population is < .05
D. the probability that a random sample would show a correlation at least this large if there were no causal relationship in the general population is <.05


Ans: A. the probability that a random sample would show a correlation at least as large as the one in our sample if there were no correlation in the general population is < .05

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