A researcher studies the effects of a nursing intervention on a desired patient outcome and discovers a statistically significant difference between groups receiving the intervention and those not receiving the intervention.
The researcher concludes that the intervention is effective. This researcher has made a:
a. generalization.
b. statistical inference.
c. Type I error.
d. Type II error.
Question 2
When comparing a study with a level of significance of 0.05 with a study having a level of significance of 0.01, the researcher knows that the study with the level of significance of 0.05 is more likely to have a
a. correct null hypothesis.
b. generalizable finding.
c. Type I error.
d. Type II error.