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In actual practice, the usual reason for determining power before conducting a study is
 
  A) to eliminate the possibility that a mistake may occur.
  B) to ensure that regardless of whether the research hypothesis is true, the experiment will yield a significant result.
  C) to determine the number of participants needed to have a reasonable level of power.
  D) to anticipate the likelihood that the experiment will need to be repeated.

Question 2

If two distributions have the same mean, then they must also have the same
 
  a. median
  b. mode
  c. standard deviation
  d. none of these



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

d



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