A researcher compared two methods for teaching inferential statistics to college students. Group 1 was taught with Method A, and Group 2 with Method B. A comparison of posttest scores indicated that the results were significantly different (p = .05 ) in favor of Method A. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the results?

a) Method A is 5% better than Method B.
b) There is a 5% probability that the difference is due to chance.
c) There is a probability of 5 in 100 that Method A is better than Method B.
d) There is a 95% probability that the methods are not significantly different.


b

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