When the results for a study fall in the region of rejection it implies that ______.
A. our sample does not belong to the sampling distribution as defined by the null hypothesis and we should reject the null hypothesis
B. our sample does not belong to the sampling distribution as defined by the alternative hypothesis and we should retain the null hypothesis
C. our sample belongs to the sampling distribution and the researcher should retain the null hypothesis
D. there was probably a confound in the study and we should reject the alternative hypothesis
Ans: A
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