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HCHenry

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What kind of statistics allow researchers to make inferences about the likelihood that their results occurred merely by chance?
 
  a. descriptive c. simple
  b. reliable d. inferential

Question 2

The null hypothesis gets its name from the meaning of the word null, which is _____.
 
  a. zero c. empirical
  b. need d. testable



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Answer to Question 1

D
Inferential statistics allow researchers to draw conclusions about how likely it is that their results occurred by chance alone.

Answer to Question 2

A
Null means zero or nothing.



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