A researcher reports a ?2 (obtained) of 75.34 (? =.05, df = 1, ?2 (critical) = 3.84, N = 13,678). The researcher claims that the relationship is extremely significant. What issue should be raised?
a. Degrees of freedom are much too small for a sample this large.
b. Alpha is too low
c. Sample size is very large and the actual relationship between the variables might be trivial.
d. The value for ?2 (critical) is much too low.
ANSWER: c
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