Researchers examining the impact of aspirin on preventing heart attacks found a very weak effect size but concluded that aspirin was indeed helping to prevent heart attacks and prevent individuals from dying from a heart attack. How is this possible?
A. The results were not statistically significant.
B. The confidence interval was very wide.
C. The effect size was weak but consistent.
D. The impact of aspirin had practical significance.
Ans: D
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