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A major misuse of significance tests is the tendency to
 
  A) decide that if a result is not significant, the null hypothesis is shown to be true.
  B) decide that the null hypothesis is false when the results obtained are not significant.
  C) accept the research hypothesis when the results are not significant.
  D) claim that a non-significant result is the same as an unimportant result.

Question 2

Of two golfers, each of whom drives the ball the same average distance, the
  one with the smaller standard deviation would be
 
  a. the more consistent
  b. the less consistent
  c. the one more apt, on a given shot, to drive the ball further
  d. none of these, since they both drive the same average distance



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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