When you find no significant effect of your IV, two possibilities exist. What are they?
a. You did not run enough participants, or your null hypothesis was correct.
b. There is no effect of your IV, or you did not have sufficient power to detect the effect.
c. Your research hypothesis was incorrect, or you didn’t have enough power.
d. All of these options are correct.
Ans: B
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